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Botrychioideae
Ophioglossaceae, the adder's-tongue family, is a family of ferns (though some studies have instead suggested a closer relationship to angiosperms), currently thought to be most closely related to Psilotaceae, the two together comprising the class Ophioglossidae as the sibling group to the rest of the ferns. The Ophioglossaceae is one of two groups of ferns traditionally known as eusporangiate ferns.
6 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

grapeferns
genusSceptridium

Botrypus
genusBotrypus

moonworts
genusBotrychium

Holubiella
genusHolubiella

Japanobotrychum
genusJapanobotrychum

Sahashia
genusSahashia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 701154.