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    Ophioglossum is a genus of terrestrial ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. They have fleshy roots that lack root hairs and sometimes produce adventitious buds. Their stems are subterranean and erect, bearing a solitary leaf with a simple to divided blade. Sporangia are borne on a spike-like fertile segment and release tetrahedral spores. Gametophytes are non-photosynthetic and mycorrhizal. There are approximately 41 species of Ophioglossum distributed worldwide.

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    Ophioglossum is a genus of terrestrial ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. They have fleshy roots that lack root hairs and sometimes produce adventitious buds. Their stems are subterranean and erect, bearing a solitary leaf with a simple to divided blade. Sporangia are borne on a spike-like fertile segment and release tetrahedral spores. Gametophytes are non-photosynthetic and mycorrhizal. There are approximately 41 species of Ophioglossum distributed worldwide.

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    Ophioglossum is a genus of terrestrial ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. They have fleshy roots that lack root hairs and sometimes produce adventitious buds. Their stems are subterranean and erect, bearing a solitary leaf with a simple to divided blade. Sporangia are borne on a spike-like fertile segment and release tetrahedral spores. Gametophytes are non-photosynthetic and mycorrhizal. There are approximately 41 species of Ophioglossum distributed worldwide.

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    Ophioglossum is a genus of terrestrial ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae. They have fleshy roots that lack root hairs and sometimes produce adventitious buds. Their stems are subterranean and erect, bearing a solitary leaf with a simple to divided blade. Sporangia are borne on a spike-like fertile segment and release tetrahedral spores. Gametophytes are non-photosynthetic and mycorrhizal. There are approximately 41 species of Ophioglossum distributed worldwide.

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    General characters of Ophioglossum

    Ophioglossaceae–Adder’s Tongue family (type Ophioglossum,


    from Greek ophis, snake + glossa, tongue, in reference to the
    shape of fertile segments)

    The Ophioglossaceae consist of terrestrial, perennial herbs.


    The roots are fleshy, mycorrhizal, lacking root hairs, sometimes
    bearing adventitious buds (that may grow into a new plantlet).
    The rhizome bears numerous Adventitious roots. These
    roots are commonly thick, smooth, and devoid of hairs.

    The stems are subterranean, erect; the vasculature is a protostele,


    siphonostele. The leaf is often solitary, lacking circinate
    vernation, the blade simple and compound to divided (1-2-
    pinnatifid); ventation is open-dichotomous or reticulate. Sori are
    lacking. Sporangia are homosporous and eusporangiate, born on
    a stalked, spike-like (with two vertical rows of sporangia,
    e.g., Ophioglossum) or branched and panicle-like fertile
    segment; sporangial dehiscence is transverse (relative to fertile
    segment axis). Spores are tetrahedral. Gametophytes are non-
    photosynthetic and mycorrhizal.
    The Ophioglossaceae have a worldwide distribution. The genera
    include Botrychium (35 spp.), Helminthostachys (1 sp., H.
    zeylanica, Indo-Australasia) and Ophioglossum (ca. 41 spp.).
    Economic importance includes local uses as food or medicine.

    Classification Of Ophioglossum

    All the details about genus along with order have been
    discussed here in detail.

     Systematic Position: Pteridophyta


     Division: Pterophyta
     Class: Eusporangiopsida
     Order: Ophioglossales
     Family: Ophioglossaceae
     Genus: Ophioglossum

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