A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
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Ophioglossaceae » Botrychium neolunaria
Last updated 1/15/2024 by David Giblin.
Botrychium neolunaria Stensvold & Farrar[HC2]
common moonwort
Publication: Brittonia 69(2): 168. 2017.
Origin: Native
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: Recently published (2017) as a North American segregate of the Eurasian Botrychium lunaria. The Botrychium lunaria species complex has in recent years been split up into a number of named species, represented in Washington by Botrychium crenulatum and Botrychium neolunaria. Botrychium neolunaria is a diploid taxon and one of the parents of the allotetraploid Botrychium minganense, with which it is often confused in our area.
References: (none)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw., misapplied[FNA2, HC]
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. var. onondagense (Underw.) House[HC]
Botrychium onondagense Underw.
