Sceptridium dissectum (Ophioglossaceae) is a wintergreen fern native to eastern North America. Distinguished by its dissected trophophores.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Sceptridium dissectum (Ophioglossaceae) is a wintergreen fern native to eastern North America. Distinguished by its dissected trophophores.
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Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798082/
January 13, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39798082/
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌲🌿🍃🖌🐡 Moonwort looks strange but is a small fern (Botrychium lunaria, family Ophioglossaceae). Strong connection with its mycorrhizal fungus. Lives mostly underground, occasionally putting up a leaf. Found across northern and temperate southern hemisphere. #BUC2026
July 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌲🌿🍃🖌🐡 Moonwort looks strange but is a small fern (Botrychium lunaria, family Ophioglossaceae). Strong connection with its mycorrhizal fungus. Lives mostly underground, occasionally putting up a leaf. Found across northern and temperate southern hemisphere. #BUC2026
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts
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March 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🔥ADVANCE ACCESS🔥: Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts
Botrychium dissectum, also known as Sceptridium dissectum or Cut-Leaf Grape Fern, is part of the Ophioglossaceae family. This specimen was collected by Jesse M. Shaver on August 29th, 1937. It was located in Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
April 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Botrychium dissectum, also known as Sceptridium dissectum or Cut-Leaf Grape Fern, is part of the Ophioglossaceae family. This specimen was collected by Jesse M. Shaver on August 29th, 1937. It was located in Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Botrychium campestre is a fern species in Ophioglossaceae, commonly called prairiemoonwort, prairie dunewort, Iowa moonwort, or plains grapefern.
September 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Botrychium campestre is a fern species in Ophioglossaceae, commonly called prairiemoonwort, prairie dunewort, Iowa moonwort, or plains grapefern.
New paper on Sceptridium polyploid systematics from Ishii et al! I worked on this genus as an undergrad and the patterns of reticulate evolution in Botrychium s.l. were so exciting to me - fun to read another chapter in the story of this clade's evolution!
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Reticulate Evolution in Japanese Sceptridium (Ophioglossaceae), including diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid species
Homospory represents an intriguing reproductive strategy, including the potential for gametophytic selfing, considered the ultimate form of selfing. T…
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November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
New paper on Sceptridium polyploid systematics from Ishii et al! I worked on this genus as an undergrad and the patterns of reticulate evolution in Botrychium s.l. were so exciting to me - fun to read another chapter in the story of this clade's evolution!
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The Botrychidum genus of ferns belong to the Ophioglossaceae fern family. Scientists calculated that the Ophioglossaceae family diverged between 262mya and 322mya (Middle Carboniferous to Early Permian).
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Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts
AbstractBackground and Aims. The cosmopolitan Botrychium lunaria group belongs to the most species-rich genus of the family Ophioglossaceae and was conside
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June 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
The Botrychidum genus of ferns belong to the Ophioglossaceae fern family. Scientists calculated that the Ophioglossaceae family diverged between 262mya and 322mya (Middle Carboniferous to Early Permian).
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Botrychium boreale, commonly called northern moonwort, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Botrychium boreale, commonly called northern moonwort, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.
Cyrus Pringle https://bionomia.net/Q3009492 collected the holotype OPHIOGLOSSACEAE: Botrychium pusillum Underw. in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1930924820 #TypeSpecimenToday
September 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Cyrus Pringle https://bionomia.net/Q3009492 collected the holotype OPHIOGLOSSACEAE: Botrychium pusillum Underw. in Mexico https://gbif.org/occurrence/1930924820 #TypeSpecimenToday
Sceptridium biternatum, the southern grapefern or sparse-lobe grape fern, is a perennial fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, occurring in eastern North America.
June 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Sceptridium biternatum, the southern grapefern or sparse-lobe grape fern, is a perennial fern in the family Ophioglossaceae, occurring in eastern North America.
🌱🌿🌍🍄🌾🧪 The adder's-tongue family of ferns (Ophioglossaceae) look different. One species found all over the UK and Ireland. Lives in unimproved pastures, damp meadows and also in wet areas of some sand dunes. Its genome is split across very many chromosomes (120 - 720). #BUC2024
July 10, 2024 at 7:52 AM
🌱🌿🌍🍄🌾🧪 The adder's-tongue family of ferns (Ophioglossaceae) look different. One species found all over the UK and Ireland. Lives in unimproved pastures, damp meadows and also in wet areas of some sand dunes. Its genome is split across very many chromosomes (120 - 720). #BUC2024
Botrychium pallidum, the pale moonwort, is a species of segregate fern in the Ophioglossaceae family.
January 14, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Botrychium pallidum, the pale moonwort, is a species of segregate fern in the Ophioglossaceae family.
🎉🆕📰🎉: Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts
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October 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🎉🆕📰🎉: Global diversification of the common moonwort ferns (Botrychium lunaria group, Ophioglossaceae) was mainly driven by Pleistocene climatic shifts
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Botrychium crenulatum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common names scalloped moonwort and dainty moonwort.
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Botrychium crenulatum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common names scalloped moonwort and dainty moonwort.
Botrychium simplex, the little grapefern, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae that is native to North America and Greenland.
May 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Botrychium simplex, the little grapefern, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae that is native to North America and Greenland.
🟢 Moonwort ferns aren't just weird plants, they're extra weird ferns. They seem more like mushrooms than ferns. Most of their life cycle occurs underground making them hard to study.
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Mountain Moonwort (Botrychium montanum)
Botrychium montanum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common names western goblin and mountain moonwort. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to no...
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June 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
🟢 Moonwort ferns aren't just weird plants, they're extra weird ferns. They seem more like mushrooms than ferns. Most of their life cycle occurs underground making them hard to study.
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Ophioglossum azoricum, the small adder's-tongue fern or lesser adder's-tongue fern, is a small fern of the family Ophioglossaceae.
August 20, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Ophioglossum azoricum, the small adder's-tongue fern or lesser adder's-tongue fern, is a small fern of the family Ophioglossaceae.
Hirano H, Fujita R, Ebihara A, Nakayama R, Shutoh K. 2025. Rediscovery of Botrychium boreale (Ophioglossaceae),
a Fern Species Believed to be Extinct in Japan, with a New Record of B. lanceolatum on Mt. Usu in Hokkaido. Journal of Japanese Botany 100(3): 248–255. #SAPS研究業績
a Fern Species Believed to be Extinct in Japan, with a New Record of B. lanceolatum on Mt. Usu in Hokkaido. Journal of Japanese Botany 100(3): 248–255. #SAPS研究業績
June 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hirano H, Fujita R, Ebihara A, Nakayama R, Shutoh K. 2025. Rediscovery of Botrychium boreale (Ophioglossaceae),
a Fern Species Believed to be Extinct in Japan, with a New Record of B. lanceolatum on Mt. Usu in Hokkaido. Journal of Japanese Botany 100(3): 248–255. #SAPS研究業績
a Fern Species Believed to be Extinct in Japan, with a New Record of B. lanceolatum on Mt. Usu in Hokkaido. Journal of Japanese Botany 100(3): 248–255. #SAPS研究業績
Ophioglossum petiolatum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.
![Title: Aquatic and wetland plants of southwestern United States
Identifier: aquaticwetlandpl00corr (find matches)
Year: 1972 (1970s)
Authors: Correll, Donovan Stewart, 1908-; Correll, Helen B
Subjects: Aquatic plants -- Southwestern States; Wetland plants -- Southwestern States
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Fig. 9: 1, Marsilea tenuifolia: 1, plant, x %. 2, Marsilea macropoda: 2, plant, x %. 3, Marsilea uncinata: 3, plant, x %. 4, Marsilea mucronata: 4, plant, X %. 5, Ophio- glossum nudicaule var. tenerum: 5, plant, x 1. 6, Ophio^lossum petiolatum: 6, plant, X 1. 7, Ophiof^lossum crotalopliornides: 7, plant, x 1. 8 and 9, Ophioglossum vulf^atum: 8, plant, X %; 9, tip of leaf, slightly enlarged. (From Correll in Lundell's Flora of Texas. Vol. 1, PI. 8).
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May 15, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Ophioglossum petiolatum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.
Sceptridium jenmanii, the Alabama grapefern or Dixie grapefern, is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae native to the southeastern United States.
January 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Sceptridium jenmanii, the Alabama grapefern or Dixie grapefern, is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae native to the southeastern United States.
Ophioglossum reticulatum, the netted adder's-tongue, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.
September 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Ophioglossum reticulatum, the netted adder's-tongue, is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae.
Horizontal Gene Transfer: Latest results from PubMed
Organellar phylogenomics of Ophioglossaceae fern genera
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Organellar phylogenomics of Ophioglossaceae fern genera
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Organellar phylogenomics of Ophioglossaceae fern genera - PubMed
Previous phylogenies showed conflicting relationships among the subfamilies and genera within the fern family Ophioglossaceae. However, their classification remains unsettled where contrasting classifications recognize four to 15 genera. Since these treatments are mostly based on phylogenetic eviden …
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January 30, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Horizontal Gene Transfer: Latest results from PubMed
Organellar phylogenomics of Ophioglossaceae fern genera
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Organellar phylogenomics of Ophioglossaceae fern genera
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