Ophioglossum
Genus of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ophioglossum, the adder's-tongue ferns, is a genus of about 50 species of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. The name Ophioglossum comes from the Greek meaning "snake-tongue".[3] Their cosmopolitan distribution is mainly in tropical and subtropical habitats.[3]
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Ophioglossum | |
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Ophioglossum vulgatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Ophioglossales |
Family: | Ophioglossaceae |
Subfamily: | Ophioglossoideae |
Genus: | Ophioglossum L.[1] |
Type species | |
Ophioglossum vulgatum L. | |
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The genus has the largest number of chromosomes in the known plant kingdom, but contrary to popular belief does not have the largest number of chromosomes out of all known organisms, falling short to the protist Sterkiella histriomuscorum.