The genus ''Ophioderma'' are distinctive ferns (or fern-allies) in the family

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. ''Ophioderma'' is closely related to, and sometimes treated as a subgenus of, the genus ''

Ophioglossum ''Ophioglossum'', the adder's-tongue ferns, is a genus of about 50 species of ferns A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neit ...

''. It includes the genus formerly known as ''Cheiroglossa''. Recent genetic analysis has indicated that the two genera should be treated as one, and ''Ophioderma'' has precedence by being validly published at an earlier date. The type species is '' Ophioderma pendulum''.

Species

, World Ferns listed the following species: *'' Ophioderma falcatum'' (

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Ophioderma intermedium ''Ophioderma'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Ophioderma'' (echinoderm), a genus of sea stars in the family Ophiodermatidae * ''Ophioderma'' (plant), a genus of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae {{Ge ...

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Ophioderma simplex ''Ophioderma'' is the scientific name of two genera of organisms and may refer to: * ''Ophioderma'' (echinoderm), a genus of sea stars in the family Ophiodermatidae * ''Ophioderma'' (plant), a genus of ferns in the family Ophioglossaceae {{Ge ...

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Notes

References

*Hauk, Warren D., Clifford R. Parks and Mark W. Chasel. "Phylogenetic studies of Ophioglossaceae: evidence from rbcL and trnL-F plastid DNA sequences and morphology." ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'', 28(1): 131-141. 2003. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1934283 Ophioglossaceae Fern genera