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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Ophioglossum

Hierarchical position of the Genus Ophioglossum

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       Subfamilia  Ophioglossoideae A. Gray pub. Man. Bot.: 622. 10 Feb 1848.    Tribus  Ophioglosseae Hook. ex Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 536. 12-14 Apr 1828.    Genus  Ophioglossum L. pub. (1753) common name: adder's tongue

Named members of the Genus Ophioglossum

1	Species  californicum Prantl common name: California adderstongue
2	Species  concinnum Brack. common name: tropical adderstongue
3	Species  crotalophoroides Walt.
	4    Varietas  crotalophoroides common name: bulbous adderstongue 5    Varietas  nanum Osten ex De Lichtenstein common name: bulbous adderstongue
6	Species  dendroneuron E. St. John syn. Ophioglossum nudicaule
7	Species  ellipticum Hook. & Grev. syn. Ophioglossum nudicaule
8	Species  engelmannii Prantl common name: limestone adderstongue
9	Species  lusitanicum L.
	10    Subspecies  californicum (Prantl) R.T. Clausen syn. Ophioglossum californicum 11    Varietas  californicum (Prantl) Broun syn. Ophioglossum californicum
12	Species  mononeuron E. St. John syn. Ophioglossum nudicaule
13	Species  nudicaule L. f.
	14    Varietas  minus Clausen syn. Ophioglossum nudicaule 15    Varietas  tenerum (Mett. ex Prantl) Clausen syn. Ophioglossum nudicaule
16	Species  palmatum L. syn. Cheiroglossa palmata
17	Species  pendulum L.
	18    Subspecies  falcatum (K. Presl) Clausen common name: Old World adderstongue 19    Subspecies  pendulum common name: Old World adderstongue
20	Species  petiolatum Hook. common name: longstem adderstongue
21	Species  pusillum Raf. common name: northern adderstongue
22	Species  pycnostichum (Fern.) A.& D. L�ve syn. Ophioglossum vulgatum
23	Species  reticulatum L. common name: netted adderstongue
24	Species  tenerum Mett. ex Prantl syn. Ophioglossum nudicaule
25	Species  vulgatum L.
	26    Varietas  alaskanum (E.G. Britt.) C. Christens. syn. Ophioglossum pusillum 27    Varietas  pseudopodum (Blake) Farw. syn. Ophioglossum pusillum 28    Varietas  pycnostichum Fern. syn. Ophioglossum vulgatum

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.