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* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104332 Efloras.org: Flora of North America, treatment of genus ''Botrychium''] | * [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=104332 Efloras.org: Flora of North America, treatment of genus ''Botrychium''] | ||
*[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=17170#null ITIS.gov: List of ''Botrychium'' species] — ''with species links''. | *[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=17170#null ITIS.gov: List of ''Botrychium'' species] — ''with species links''. | ||
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Revision as of 05:11, 29 June 2025
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Botrychium is a genus of ferns, seedless vascular plants in the family Ophioglossaceae.[1] Botrychium species are known as moonworts. They are small, with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. One part of the leaf, the trophophore, is sterile and fernlike; the other, the sporophore, is fertile and carries the clusters of sporangia or spore cases. Some species only occasionally emerge above ground and gain most of their nourishment from an association with mycorrhizal fungi.
The circumscription of Botrychium is disputed between different authors; some botanists include the genera Botrypus and Sceptridium within Botrychium, while others treat them as distinct. The latter treatment is provisionally followed here.
Phylogeny
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- Template:Txil[4] (thin-leaved moonwort)[5]
- Botrychium farrarii Legler & Popovich 2024
- Botrychium onondagense Underw. 1903
- Botrychium rubellum Stensvold & Farrar 2024
- Botrychium socorrense Template:Au[6] (Isla Socorro moonwort)
- Botrychium sutchuanense Chien & Chun 1959
- †Botrychium ternatopsis Kuzitchkina 1960
- Botrychium tolucaense Wagner & Mickel 2004
Conservation
Moonworts can be found in many environments, including prairies, forests, and mountains. While some Botrychium species are quite rare, conservation efforts can be difficult. Determining the rarity of a species is complicated by the plants’ small leaves, which stand only 2-10 centimeters above the soil.[7] Even more of a challenge in obtaining an accurate population count is the genus's largely subterranean life cycle. The vast majority of any one population of moonworts actually exists below ground in banks consisting of several types of propagules. One type of propagule is the ungerminated spores, which must percolate through the soil beyond the reach of light in order to germinate. This presumably increases the probability that the spore will be in range of a mycorrhizal symbiont before it produces the tiny, roughly heart-shaped gametophyte, which also exists entirely below ground.[8] Finally, some species produce gemmae, a form of asexual propagation achieved by budding of the root.[7]
Juvenile and dormant sporophytes can also be hidden in the soil for long periods of time. Mature sporophytes do not necessarily produce a leaf annually; they can remain viable underground for up to 10 years without putting up a photosynthetic component. This feat is made possible by their dependence on symbiotic partnership with AM fungi of the genus Glomus, which supply most fixed carbon for growth and reproduction.[9]
This mycorrhizal dependence has also made lab cultivation of moonworts difficult. Thus far, only germination of the gametophyte has been successful.
References
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- ↑ B. daucifolium Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 27 Dec 2011
- ↑ B. daucifolium Taiwan Plant Names, www.eFlora.org 27 Dec 2011
- ↑ B. socorrense Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 26 Dec 2011
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External links
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- USDA Plants Profile for Botrychium (grapefern)
- Efloras.org: Flora of North America, treatment of genus Botrychium
- ITIS.gov: List of Botrychium species — with species links.
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