Botrychium biternatum

Botrychium biternatum

Botrychium biternatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophioglossales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Psilotopsida Ordo: Ophioglossales

Familia: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Botrychium
Species: Botrychium biternatum

Name

Botrychium biternatum (Savigny) Underw., Bot. Gaz. 22: 407 (1896).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Osmunda biternata Savigny in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 650 (1798).
• Homotypic
  • Sceptridium biternatum (Savigny) Lyon, Bot. Gaz. 40: 457 (1905).
• Heterotypic
  • Botrychium fumarioides Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 63 (1810).
  • Botrychium fumarianum Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39: n.° 4 (1819).
  • Botrychium fumariae Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 23 (1827).
  • Botrychium ternatum var. daedaleum Christ, Primit. Fl. Costaric. 3: 46 (1901).
  • Botrychium obliquum var. tenuifolium Gilbert, Fern Bull. 11: 99 (1903).
  • Botrychium tenuifolium Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 52 (1903).
    • Sceptridium tenuifolium (Underw.) Lyon, Bot. Gaz. 40: 458 (1905).
  • Botrychium ternatum f. tenuifolium Clute, Fern Bull. 13: 118 (1905).
  • Sceptridium ternatum var. tenuifolium Clute, Fern Bull. 14: 48 (1906).
  • Botrychium dissectum var. tenuifolium Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 3: 89 (1924).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Underwood, L.M. 1896. Bot. Gaz. 22: 407

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Botrychium biternatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 October 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Botrychium biternatum. Published online. Accessed: October 22 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Botrychium biternatum Accessed: 22 October 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Botrychium biternatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 October 2024.

Vernacular names

English: sparselobe grapefern

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