Botrychium lunaria

Botrychium lunaria

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Ophioglossales
Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Botrychium
Species:
B. lunaria
Binomial name
Botrychium lunaria
(L.) Sw.
Synonyms
  • Blechnum racemosum Bubani
  • Botrychium lunatum (Salisb.) Gray
  • Botrypus lunaria (L.) Rich.
  • Ophioglossum pennatum Lam.
  • Osmunda lunaria L.
  • Osmunda lunata Salisb.

Botrychium lunaria is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common name moonwort or common moonwort. It is the most widely distributed moonwort, growing throughout the Northern Hemisphere across Eurasia and from Alaska to Greenland, as well as temperate parts of the Southern Hemisphere.

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