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Taxon: Genus Ophioglossum L. (1753) - adder tongues (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1753b. Sp. Pl. 2: 1062.
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Types

Type of: Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820)
Type of: Ophioglossoideae (Subfamily) C.Presl Ref: PPG I, 2016: 571. [inferred]
Type, by subsequent designation: Ophioglossum vulgatum L. (1753) Ref: PPG I, 2016: 571 (Sm., J. 1875. Hist. Fil.: 369).

Variants

Not validly published name: Ophioglossum (Genus) Tourn., nom. inval.

Synonyms

Junior subjective synonym: Cheiroglossa (Genus) C.Presl Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 709.
Including: Cheiroglossa (Genus) C.Presl Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 190.
Including: Ophioderma (Genus) (Blume) Endl. (1836) Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 709.
Including: Ophioderma (Genus) (Blume) Endl. (1836) Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 47.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: adder tongues Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 709.
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