| Sample ID | 404-1-1-7 |
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| Species | engelmanni |
| Genus | Ophioglossum |
| Family | OPHIOGLOSSACEAE |
| Common name | Limestone adders-tongue |
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| Pollen / Spore | spore |
|---|---|
| Morphologic type | trilete |
| Surface pattern | reticulate |
| Equatorial size | mean 30 |
| Polar size | mean 30 |
| Equatorial shape | circular |
| Dispersal form | monad |
| Morphology notes | Sporangia exposed or embedded , 0.5--1.5 mm diam., thick-walled, with thousands of spores. Spores all 1 kind, trilete, thick-walled, surface rugate, tuberculate , baculate (with projecting rods usually higher than wide) |
| Plant type | fern |
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| Floristic region(s) | Australia (south coast) , Other outside Australasia , Australia (tropical) |
| Vegetation communities | herbland |
| Habitat notes | Ophioglossum occurs mostly in disturbed , open, grassy habitats . It is often overlooked because of superficial resemblance to seedlings of monocotyledonous plants. Tropical to sub-tropical distribution. Nourished by association with soil fungi. Australia to the Americas. |
| Collector | Mrs. J. Clemens 1143a |
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| Collection site | Oklahoma |
| Collection country | United States of America |
| Collection date | 1916-05-09 |
| Collection notes | Processed at the Pollen Laboratory, University of Minnesota, USA from the collecton of Ed Cushing, slide ref. B354. |
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