Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Polypodiopsida - (Order) Ophioglossales - (Family) Ophioglossaceae
Subsequent positions
Current position
	Alternative positions
	
			Historical positions
			
				
					| Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820) | Ref: 
							
								D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 649. | 
					
						| Botrychioideae (Subfamily) C.Presl | Ref: 
								
									PPG I, 2016: 571. | 
						
							| Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820) | Ref: 
									
										A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 47. | 
							
								| Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820) | Ref: 
										
											D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 603. | 
								
									| Ophioglossales (Clade) Link 1833 [Cantino & Donoghue 2007] | Ref: 
											
												P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E15.
											 [new position] | 
									
										| Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820) | Ref: 
												
													A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 709. | 
										
											| Filicinophyta (Phylum) | Ref: 
													
														L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 398.
													 [rough position] | 
											
												| Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820) | Ref: 
														
															R. van der Meijden, 1990: 60. | 
												
													| Filicinophyta (Phylum) | Ref: 
															
																L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 258.
															 [rough position] | 
													
														| Ophioglossaceae (Family) Martinov (1820) | Ref: 
																
																	J.T. Mickel, 1982: 341. | 
													
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