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Botrychium boreale

Botrychium boreale, commonly called northern moonwort, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae. It has a short, single leaved rhizome that stands upright.

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Botrychium boreale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Botrychium
Species:
B. boreale
Binomial name
Botrychium boreale
Synonyms

Botrychium crassinervium Rupr. 18581

Botrychium boreale, commonly called northern moonwort, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.23 It has a short, single leaved rhizome that stands upright.45

Taxonomy

Botrychium boreale was first described in 1857 by Julius Milde, based on material from Norway.6

References

References

  1. B. crassinervium Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 02 Jan 2012
  2. "PLANTS Profile for Botrychium boreale".
  3. Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
  4. Hördur Kristinsson. Flowering Plants and Ferns of Iceland. (ISBN 978-9979-3-3158-2)
  5. Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. Milde, J. (1857). "Ueber Botrychium boreale Milde". Botanische Zeitung (in German). 15 (51): 880–881.