Grape-fern Grape-fern

Grape-fern - Definition

Grape-fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Ophioglossophyta
Class:Ophioglossopsida
Order:Ophioglossales
Family:Botrychiaceae
Genus:Botrypus
Species
  • Botrypus virginianum

Grape-ferns are seedless vascular plants of the genus Botrypus, closely allied to (and previously often included in) the genus Botrychium (moonworts). They are small, with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. They differ from the moonworts in having at least some sterile fronds (all fronds in Botrychium are spore-bearing), and in the fronds being bi- or tri-pinnate (Botrychium are single pinnate, or rarely bipinnate).

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