Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

OPHIOGLOSSACEAE

- Pteridophyta (Ferns)

Taxon Page:

Name: Ophioglossum vulgatum L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 1062 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Southern adderstongue

English name: adder's-tongue

English name: English adder's-tongue

French name: herbe sans couture

Italian name: Ofioglosso comune

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Ophioglossum pycnostichum (Fernald) A. Löve & D. Löve
= Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. pycnostichum Fernald

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. alaskanum (E.G. Britton) C. Chr.
2) Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. pseudopodum (S.F. Blake) Farw.
3) Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. pycnostichum Fernald

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Ophioglossum
Species:

Page counter: 3397 ( AVG: 223.49 / 292.94 )

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Ophioglossum vulgatum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Svizzera, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Ophioglossum vulgatum
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Picture modified from Thomé, Otto Wilhelm - Lehrbuch der Botanik fur Gymnasien, Realschulen, forst- und landwirthschaftliche Lehranstalten, pharmaceutische Institute etc. sowie zum Selbstunterrichte. 2. Auflage. (1872) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 'GNU Free Documentation License'.

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Adriano Bruna - Maniago (PN) - Friuli

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Labin, Zabin-Ostra, Croazia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Franco Fenaroli

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Ophioglossum vulgatum
Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Ophioglossum vulgatum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 2.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

Distributional map for Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
Map for Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. alaskanum (E.G. Britton) C. Chr. [140]
2) Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. pseudopodum (S.F. Blake) Farw. [175]
3) Ophioglossum vulgatum L. var. pycnostichum Fernald [92]
4) Ophiopogon jaburan (Siebold) Lodd. [343]
5) Ophrys auriculata (Wiegand) House [211]
6) Ophrys insectifera L. [1915]
7) Oplismenus hirtellus (L.) P. Beauv. [1472]
8) Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) Miq. [432]
9) Opulaster stellatus Rydb. [95]
10) Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow var. thornberi (Thornb. & Bonker) L.D. Benson [132]

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