Ophioglossum vulgatum

Ophioglossum vulgatum subsp. vulgatum, Saarland, Germany

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioglossales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Psilotopsida Ordo: Ophioglossales

Familia: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Ophioglossum
Species: Ophioglossum vulgatum
Subspecies: O. v. subsp. africanum – O. v. subsp. kilimandscharicum – O. v. subsp. vulgatum

Varietates: O. v. var. minus – O. v. var. taylorianum

Name

Ophioglossum vulgatum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1062. 1753.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ophioglossum alaskanum E.Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 556. 1897.
  • Ophioglossum arenarium E.Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24(12): 555, t. 318 (1897).
  • Ophioglossum dudadae Mickel, Brittonia 44: 313, f. 1F (1992).
  • Ophioglossum mironovii Sumn., Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1: 1. 1945.
  • Ophioglossum pringlei Underw. ex Conz., Fl. Taxon. Mexic. 1: 141. 1939, nom. inval., without Latin description.
  • Ophioglossum pycnostichum (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve, Taxon 26(2/3): 324. 1977.
  • Ophioglossum sabulicola Sauzé & Maillard, Fl. des deux Sevres 451. 1880. as “sabulicolum”
  • Ophioglossum unifolium Gilib., Exerc. Phytol. 2: 554. 1792.
  • Ophioglossum valdivianum Phil., Linnaea 33(3–4): 306. 1865.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum f. alaskanum (E.Britton) Gilbert, List N. Amer. Pterid. 12. 1901.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum f. altissimum C.W.Christiansen in J.A.Christiansen & al., 1922.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum f. arenarium (E.Britton) Clute, Our Ferns: 47, 316. 1901.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum f. lanceolatum (Clute) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 15(173): 87. 1913.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum var. alaskanum (E.Britton) C.Chr., Fl. Kamtchatka 5(1): 45. 1927.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum var. islandicum Á.Löve & D.Löve,. 1948.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum var. lanceolatum Clute, Fern Bull. 19: 72. 1911.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum var. polyphyllum Stefánsson, 1901, nom. illeg.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum var. pycnostichum Fernald, Rhodora 41(490): 494-495, pl. 570. 1939.
  • Ophioglossum vulgatum var. valdivianum (Phil.) J.S.Licht., Darwiniana 6: 405. 1944.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland), Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia (Sicily, Malta), Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia). Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco. West Tropical Africa Liberia. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Eastern Cape), Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northern Province, North-West Province). Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension. Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Madagascar, Réunion. Asia-Temperate Siberia West Siberia. Russian Far East Kamchatka. Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Western Asia Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon), Turkey. China China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), China North-Central (Shaanxi), China Southeast (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Henan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang), Tibet. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea (North Korea, South Korea). Northern America North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua, Hidalgo), Mexico Northwest (Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca). Southern America Southern South America Argentina South (Neuquén, Rio Negro), Chile South (Los Lagos). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1062. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Ophioglossum vulgatum Accessed: 16 02 2019.

Vernacular names

asturianu: Llingua de sierpe
беларуская: Вужоўнік звычайны
български: Обикновен змийски език
català: Llengua de serp
čeština: Hadilka obecná
Cymraeg: Tafod y neidr
dansk: Slangetunge
Deutsch: Gewöhnliche Natternzunge
English: Adder's-tongue
eesti: Harilik maokeel
فارسی: مارزبان (گیاه)
suomi: Käärmeenkieli, Isokäärmeenkieli
français: Ophioglosse vulgaire
magyar: Közönséges kígyónyelv
lietuvių: Vienalapė driežlielė
Nederlands: Gewone addertong
norsk: Ormetunge
polski: Nasięźrzał pospolity
slovenčina: Hadivka obyčajná
svenska: Ormtunga
Türkmençe: Adaty užownik
українська: Вужачка звичайна
中文: 瓶尔小草, 瓶耳小草, 一支箭
中文（简体）: 瓶尔小草

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