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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Ophioglossoideae

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Ophioglossoideae

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.

Named members of the Subfamily Ophioglossoideae

1	Tribus  Ophioglosseae Hook. ex Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 536. 12-14 Apr 1828.
	2    Genus  Ophioglossum L. pub. (1753) common name: adder's tongue

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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