Biology:Botrychium oneidense

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Botrychium oneidense
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Botrychium
Species:
B. oneidense
Binomial name
Botrychium oneidense
(Gilbert) House
Synonyms
  • Botrychium dissectum var. oneidense (Gilbert) Farw.
  • Botrychium dissectum f. oneidense (Gilbert) Clute
  • Sceptridium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub

Botrychium oneidense, the blunt-lobed grapefern, is a fern species in the Ophioglossaceae family.[1]

Description

The leaf blades of B. oneidense are ternately compound. The spores mature in late fall in panicles that rise above the sterile fronds.

Taxonomy

At first, B. oneidense was considered a variety of B. dissectum, then a form of it, then possibly a hybrid species. However, after a more detailed study by Wagner in 1961, it was considered its own species.

Distribution and habitat

B. oneidense grows in moist woodlands in eastern United States and Canada from New Brunswick to Ontario and south to North Carolina. In Canada, it is a relatively rare species, usually only found in large groups of B. obliquum.[2]

References

  1. 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. http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p054.pdf. 
  2. Cody, William; Britton, Donald (1989). Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada. Agriculture Canada. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17120420 entry