Rhizoglossum

Rhizoglossum is a genus of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae. Its only species is Rhizoglossum bergianum, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.^[1] The species was first described, as Ophioglossum bergianum, by Carl Presl in 1825,^[2] and transferred by Diederich von Schlechtendal to his new genus Rhizoglossum in 1845.^[1] Some sources retain the species in Ophioglossum.^[3]

Rhizoglossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Ophioglossales
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Genus:	Rhizoglossum C.Presl[1]
Species:	R. bergianum
Binomial name
Rhizoglossum bergianum (Schltdl.) C.Presl[1]
Synonyms[1]
Ophioglossum bergianum Schltdl.