In recent years, Indian Ophioglossum L. taxonomy and systematic are receiving increasing interest from pteridologists as India has very rich germplasm of the genus. We present hereunder a new species of the genus Ophioglossum (Ophioglossaceae) from the marshy areas of southern region of Gujarat state, India. Ophioglossum hitkishorei sp. nov. can be diagnosed from other congeners by a combination of its smaller size, globose to subglobose, non-stoloniferous rhizome, number of trophophylls up to six, the absence of persistent leaf bases at top of rhizome and by very unique structure of spores. Spores are typically characterized by possessing granules deposition as exine strings bound around spores on the distal face and granulate assemblage on the proximal face of triradiate spores observed under SEM and also clearly distinct under light microscopic observations. As far as known, beaded strings of exine ornamentation have never been observed in any species of Ophioglossum in the world flora. Molecular study, based on two chloroplast DNA sequences trnL-F and psbA-trnH, also strongly supports O. hitkishorei sp. nov. as a distinct new species.

近年来，印度瓶尔小草属分类学和系统正在接受来自pteridologists越来越多的关注印度方面具有非常丰富的属种质资源。我们在下面介绍一种来自印度古吉拉特邦南部地区的湿润地区的蛇形眼科（Ophioglossaceae）的新种。眼镜蛇sp。十一月 可以通过其他类似物种的诊断，包括其较小的大小，球状到亚球状，非sto茎的根状茎，对数的叶绿素最多六个，根状茎顶部不存在持久的叶基以及孢子的非常独特的结构。孢子的特征通常是具有颗粒沉积，如外在细丝束缚在远侧表面上的孢子周围，而在SEM下观察到的三放射状孢子在近侧表面上的颗粒集合体在光学显微镜观察下也明显不同。据了解，在世界植物群中的任何一种眼镜蛇属物种中都没有观察到外来装饰的串珠。分子研究，基于两个叶绿体DNA序列trnL-F和psbA-trnH，也大力支持O. hitkishorei sp.。十一月 作为一个独特的新物种。