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Definition of Ophioglossales
1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Member holonyms: Family Ophioglossaceae, Ophioglossaceae
Group relationships: Class Filicinae, Class Filicopsida, Filicinae, Filicopsida
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophioglossales
Literary usage of Ophioglossales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"A careful consideration of the evidence leads to the conclusion that they are
best in place as an independent phylum of the Ophioglossales, ..."
2. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"The Ophioglossales, the "adder-tongue" ferns, include three genera (of which two
are practically cosmopolitan) and embrace numerous species, being sometimes ..."
3. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"cular structure, the Ophioglossales are more advanced than the majority of
pteridophytes. On the whole, the association is evidently with the Filicales of ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The class as a whole shows relationships with the Ophioglossales, ... class of
ferns comprise two known orders, the Ophioglossales and ..."
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