Moonwort
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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Moonwort | image = Botrychium-4.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Botrychium lunaria | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Ophioglossophyta | classis = Ophioglossopsida | ordo = Ophioglossales | familia = Botrychiaceae | genus = Botrychium | genus_authority = Sw. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- Botrychium boreale
- Botrychium lanceolatum
- Botrychium lunaria
- Botrychium matricariifolium
- Botrychium simplex
}}
Moonworts are seedless vascular plants of the genus Botrychium, sensu stricto. They are small, with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. Some species only occasionally emerge above ground and gain most of their nourishment from an association with mycorrhizal fungi.
Image:BotrychiumLunaria1.jpg The circumscription of Botrychium is disputed between different authors; some botanists include the genera Botrypus and Sceptridium within Botrychium, while others treat them as distinct. The latter treatment is followed here.Template:Fern-stub
