Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Ophioglossaceae Martinov
Ophioglossum L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
1062
[tax. nov.]
Linnaeus, C. (1754) , Genera Plantarum Edn. 5 :
484
[secondary reference]
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
163
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1874) , Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland :
68
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"From ophis, a serpent, and glossa, a tongue; resemblance of the fructification."
Smith, J. (1875) , Historia Filicum :
-
[secondary reference]
Type:
Ophioglossum vulgatum L.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
136
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ophioderma ( Blume) Endl.
legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
281
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
635
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1922) , Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
42
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek ophis , a snake; glossa , tongue: alluding to the shape of the fruiting spike."
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
40
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek ophis , a snake; glossa , tongue; alluding to the shpae of the fruiting spike"
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
44
[secondary reference]
Wiefferung, J.H. (1964) , A Preliminary Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of Ophioglossum (Ophioglossaceae). Blumea 12(2) :
321-337
[secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
31
[secondary reference]
Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia :
7
[secondary reference]
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Ophioglossaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1 :
46
[secondary reference]
Wagner, W.H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990) , Ophioglossaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1 :
196-197, Fig. 102D-G
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990) , Ophioglossaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1 :
18
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
303
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Ophioderma ( Blume) Endl.
legitimate
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Ophioglossaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
28
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. (1993) , Ophioglossaceae. Flora of Australia 50 :
536
[secondary reference]
common name:
Adder's Tongue Ferns
[n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
30-31
[secondary reference]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49 :
552
[secondary reference]
Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998) , Ophioglossaceae. Flora of Australia 48 :
100
[secondary reference]
Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000) , Ophioglossaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1 :
18
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
230
[secondary reference]
Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003) , A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3) :
16
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Ophioglossum L. subg. Ophioglossum
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ophioderma ( Blume) Endl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ophioglossum subg. Ophioderma ( Blume) R.T.Clausen
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
603
[secondary reference]
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011) , A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19 :
10
[secondary reference]
Field, A.R. (2 January 2020) , Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1) :
14
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Ophioglossum L. subg. Ophioglossum
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, ChI, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas