1-8 Ophioglossaceae, adder's-tongue family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Pteridophyte, native fern allies, grape fern, moonwort, adder's-tongue, Ophioglossum, Botrychium

Abstract

These soft fleshy ferns arise from a short rhizome. Leaves show branching venation, entire, or variously pinnate. Sporangia are relatively large, numerous and thick walled, stalked or embedded in the axis. A single sporophore per leaf. Sixty species are distributed worldwide in three genera; only two genera found in NS. Photography by Sean Blaney, Roger Lloyd, Marian Munro and Beth Cameron.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor