Botrychium onondagense

Botrychium onondagense is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae^[2] that is closely related to the more common Botrychium lunaria. It is known from many locations in the temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere including Europe, Russia, Canada, and the United States.

Botrychium onondagense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Ophioglossales
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Genus:	Botrychium
Species:	B. onondagense
Binomial name
Botrychium onondagense Underw.
Synonyms[1]
Botrychium lunaria f. onondagense (Underw.) Butters & Abbe Botrychium lunaria var. onondagense (Underw.) House

Taxonomy

Botrychium onondagense was first described by Lucien Marcus Underwood in 1903, based on material from the vicinity of Syracuse, in Onondaga County, New York.^[3] It was long regarded as a synonym for Botrychium lunaria.^[1]