Botrychium minganense Vict.

  • Authority

    Mickel, John T. & Smith, Alan R. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1-1054.

  • Family

    Ophioglossaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Botrychium minganense Vict.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Buds glabrous; fronds ca. 6 cm long, glabrous; sterile blades1.5 x 0.8 cm, pinnate; pinnae flabellate, distal margin entire orshallowly crenulate, base to 90º angle, anterior margin straightto slightly convex; leaf tissue herbaceous; sporophores 2 cm long, arising from the common stalk just below the base of the sterile blades and exceeding the sterile blades in height; 2n=180(USA).

  • Discussion

    Type. Canada. Que´bec: Arch’pel de Mingan, Iˆle Niapisca, Marie-Victorin & Rolland-Germain 18122 (isotype US).

     

     

    This is a small plant, differing from B. tolucaense in its smaller size and the lack of sporangia on the vegetative blades.

  • Distribution

    Grassy meadows in pine forests; 3700 m. Mostly Canada and Alaska, northernmost United States and westernmountains to Arizona; Mexico.

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