Cheiroglossa
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[ Cheirodendron ] [ Cheiroglossa ] [ Cheirolaena ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Cheiroglossa

hand fern

Hierarchical position of the Genus Cheiroglossa

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Ophioglossopsida Thom�
pub. 1874
  
   Subclassis  Ophioglossidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: eusporangiate ferns
  
   Ordo  Ophioglossales Newman
pub. Hist. Brit. Ferns: 6, 15. 1840.
common name: moonwort
  
   Familia  Ophioglossaceae (R. Br.) C. Agardh
pub. Aphor. Bot. (8): 113. 19 Jun 1822.
common name: Grape-ferns
  
   Genus  Cheiroglossa C.Presl
syn. Ophioglossum L.
common name: cheiroglossa fern

Named members of the Genus Cheiroglossa

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   Species  palmata (L.) K. Presl
common name: hand fern

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

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