Ophioglossaceae
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q740217
Library of congress:
sh 00005512
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Marie-Victorin. On a Botrychium new to American flora and its relationship with B. lunaria and B. simplex, 19--.
- Engler Syl. Pflanz.:v. 1, p. 287-290 (class: Filices; subclass: Eusporangiatae; order: Ophioglossales; family: Ophioglossaceae)
- Dict. flow. ferns(Ophioglossaceae)
- Mabberley, D.J. The plant-book, 1997(x-ref.: Botrychiaceae)
- Jones, D.L. Encyc. of ferns, 1987:p. 56 (Ophioglossaceae)
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Wikipedia description:
Ophioglossaceae, the adder's-tongue family, is a small family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only family in the order Ophioglossales, which together with the Psilotales is placed in the subclass Ophioglossidae. The Ophioglossidae are one of the groups traditionally known as eusporangiate ferns. Members of the family differ from other ferns in a number of ways. Many have only a single fleshy leaf at a time. Their gametophytes are subterranean and rely on fungi for energy.
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