Ophioglossaceae
Botrychium

Botrychium onondagense Underw.

First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 47 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, California, Colorado, France, Greenland, Idaho, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Svalbard, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gilman, A.V., Farrar, D.R. & Stensvold, M.C. (2024). Botrychium onondagense (Ophioglossaceae), a resurrected species in the North American Botrychium lunaria complex. American Fern Journal; a quarterly devoted to ferns 114: 57-65.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Botrychium lunaria subspec. lunaria.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gilman, A.V., Farrar, D.R. & Stensvold, M.C. (2024). Botrychium onondagense (Ophioglossaceae), a resurrected species in the North American Botrychium lunaria complex. American Fern Journal; a quarterly devoted to ferns 114: 57-65.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0