Ophioglossaceae, the adder`s-tongue family, is a family of ferns, currently thought to be most closely related to Psilotaceae, the two together comprising the class Psilotopsida as the sibling group to the rest of the ferns. The Ophioglossaceae is one of two groups of ferns traditionally known as eusporangiate ferns. The number of genera included....
only family in the fern order Ophioglossales, a primitive group of ferns. The family contains four genera and about 80 species. Its members are ... [1 related articles]
[n] - a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales
family Ophioglossaceae noun a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution