115.200 Ophioglossum L.
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Rhizome globose, subglobose or elongated, fleshy. Fronds devided into a simple leaflike fragment (trophophore) and a simple fertile segment (sporophore), inserted at base of the sterile segment or on the petiole, with a double row of sporangia in a spike near the apex. Derivation of name: ophis: snake, glossa: tongue; an allusion to the slender, sometimes forked apex above the fertile spike. Worldwide: c. 30-50 species, cosmopolitan distribution Malawi: 10 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
convexum J.E. Burrows | | Description |
costatum R.Br. | N,S | Description, Image |
gomezianum Welw. ex A. Braun | S | Description, Image |
lancifolium C. Presl | S | Description |
lusoafricanum Welw. ex Prantl | | Description, Image |
polyphyllum A.Braun[Agg] | C,S | Description, Image |
reticulatum L. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
rubellum Welw. ex A.Braun | S | Description, Image |
thomasii R.T. Clausen | | Description |
vulgatum L. subsp. africanum Pocock ex J.E. Burrows | | Description, Image |
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