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| name = ''Ophioglossaceae''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Pteridophyta
| classis = Filicinae
| ordo = Ophioglossales
| familia = Ophioglossaceae
}}
Ophioglossaceae is a family of the [[order]] [[Ophioglossales]] of the sub-class [[Eusporangiatae]] of the [[class]] [[Filicinae]] of the [[Pteridophyta]] [[Division]] (phyllum) of the [[plant]] kingdom.{{SCH}}
Ophioglossaceae (from the genus Ophioglossum, adder's tongue, in reference to the fruiting spike). Adder's-tongue Family. Plants small or of medium size, often somewhat fleshy: leaves various, entire or often much divided, not circinate in vernation; veins forking or netted; base of leaf cap-like, enclosing the succeeding leaf: sporangia scattered, borne on the margin of the much modified fertile portion of the leaf, which is usually separated from the sterile by a stalk, globular in form; the walls several cells in thickness; annulus wanting; dehiscence by a straight horizontal or vertical fissure: prothallium subterranean, tuber-like, chlorophylless, containing mycorrhizal fungi, saprophytic.
Three genera and about 50 species occur, of general distribution. Several species of [[Botrychium]] and one of [[Ophioglossum]] are found in the eastern [[United States]]. The sheathing base of the leaf, the solitary, thick-walled sporangia without an annulus, and the subterranean saprophytic prothallia are important characteristics.
Two genera are sometimes grown in North America: Botrychium (Moonwort Ferns, Grape Ferns) and Ophioglossum (Adder's Tongue).
Source: ''[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]]''
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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| name = ''Ophioglossaceae''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Pteridophyta
| classis = Filicinae
| ordo = Ophioglossales
| familia = Ophioglossaceae
}}
Ophioglossaceae is a family of the [[order]] [[Ophioglossales]] of the sub-class [[Eusporangiatae]] of the [[class]] [[Filicinae]] of the [[Pteridophyta]] [[Division]] (phyllum) of the [[plant]] kingdom.{{SCH}}
Ophioglossaceae (from the genus Ophioglossum, adder's tongue, in reference to the fruiting spike). Adder's-tongue Family. Plants small or of medium size, often somewhat fleshy: leaves various, entire or often much divided, not circinate in vernation; veins forking or netted; base of leaf cap-like, enclosing the succeeding leaf: sporangia scattered, borne on the margin of the much modified fertile portion of the leaf, which is usually separated from the sterile by a stalk, globular in form; the walls several cells in thickness; annulus wanting; dehiscence by a straight horizontal or vertical fissure: prothallium subterranean, tuber-like, chlorophylless, containing mycorrhizal fungi, saprophytic.
Three genera and about 50 species occur, of general distribution. Several species of [[Botrychium]] and one of [[Ophioglossum]] are found in the eastern [[United States]]. The sheathing base of the leaf, the solitary, thick-walled sporangia without an annulus, and the subterranean saprophytic prothallia are important characteristics.
Two genera are sometimes grown in North America: Botrychium (Moonwort Ferns, Grape Ferns) and Ophioglossum (Adder's Tongue).
Source: ''[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]]''
==Gallery==
{{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery -->
<gallery>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
*{{wplink}}
{{stub}}
[[Category:Categorize]]
