Definition of Order Ophioglossales

1. Noun. Coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae.

Exact synonyms: Ophioglossales
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Member holonyms: Family Ophioglossaceae, Ophioglossaceae
Group relationships: Class Filicinae, Class Filicopsida, Filicinae, Filicopsida

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Ophioglossales

order Myricales
order Myrtales
order Mysidacea
order Myxobacterales
order Myxobacteria
order Myxobacteriales
order Myxosporidia
order Naiadales
order Neuroptera
order Nidulariales
order Notostraca
order Nudibranchia
order Octopoda
order Odonata
order Oleales
order Ophioglossales (current term)
order Opiliones
order Opuntiales
order Orchidales
order Ornithischia
order Orthoptera
order Ostariophysi
order Ostracodermi
order Palmales
order Pandanales
order Papaverales
order Parietales
order Pectinibranchia
order Pediculati

Literary usage of Order Ophioglossales

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Order, Ophioglossales. Family, Ophioglossaceae. This simple fern may be collected in spring and summer in moist meadows and thickets. ..."

2. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"This class includes the ferns. Four orders may be recognized. 600. Order Ophioglossales. (One Family, Ophioglossaceae).—This order includes the ..."

3. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"Order OPHIOGLOSSALES. Adder-tongues. Gametophyte tuberous, subterranean; sporophyte with large leaves, some parts sporog- enous. Family 1. Ophioglossaceae. ..."

4. Botany for High Schools by George Francis Atkinson (1910)
"From the true ferns * For reference. f The roots of the adder's tongue and of other members of the order (Ophioglossales) to which it belongs are fleshy and ..."

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