Circumscription of the South American Moonwort Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae)

• Published in: Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
• Main Authors: Meza Torres, Esteban Ismael, Stensvold, M. C., Farrar, D. R., Ferrucci, María Silvia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Allozymes; Botrychium; Enzyme Electrophoresis; Fern Spores; Moonwort; Taxonomy; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Nordeste; Silvia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/20655

The genus Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae) is comprised of about 30 widely distributed species. Because of their small size and few, yet variable, morphological characters, many questionable taxa have been described over the years. Since its description in 1906, B. dusenii has been treated as both a dis...