Botrychium boreale

Botrychium boreale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Psilotopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae[1][2]
Genus: Botrychium
Species: B. boreale
Binomial name
Botrychium boreale
(Fr.) Milde
Synonyms

Botrychium crassinervium Rupr. 1858[3]

Botrychium boreale, commonly called Northern Moonwort, is a species of fern.[4] It is short, single leaved rhizome that stands upright.[5]

References

  1. Botrychium Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 16 Jan 2012
  2. 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.
  3. B. crassinervium Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 02 Jan 2012
  4. "PLANTS Profile for Botrychium boreale".
  5. Hördur Kristinsson. Flowering Plants and Ferns of Iceland. (ISBN 978-9979-3-3158-2)


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