Botrychium

• Systematic Position
Kingdom Plantae
Division Pteridophyta
Class Polypodiopsida
Order Ophioglossales
Family Ophiglossaceae
Genus Botrychium
• Habitat
A small genus, roughly distributed throughout the world, with around 50 species.
These ferns are commonly known as moon-worts and grape ferns(because of the
cluster of globular sporangia)
These are fleshy ferns bearing mainly two parts, the sterile vegetative leaf and the
fertile spike called Sporophore, bearing sporangia.
The fertile region and the aerial portions are pinnate.
Some species such as Botrychium virginianum, also have medicinal uses.
Sources: Science direct :
o Thomas.N.Taylor, Michael Krings, Paleobotany (2nd addition), 2009, Ferns and Early
Fernlike Plants
o Maine gov.in
Specimen of moonwort, Botrychium lunaria
o Britannica
o Picture source- plants ncsu