Botrychium virginianum




Family Botrychiaceae (also placed in Ophioglossaceae)
Scientific name Botrychium strictum Underwood
Synonyms Botrychium brachystachys O. Kunze; Botrychium charcoviense Portenschl ex C. Presl; Botrychium cicutarium (Savigny) Swartz; Botrychium dichronum Underwood; Botrychium gracile Pursh; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz forma gracile (Pursh) Clute; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz subsp. europaeum Jávorka; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz subsp. europaeus (Ångström) Holub; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz subsp. meridionale (Butters) R. T. Clausen; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz subsp. typicum R. T. Clausen; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz var. europaeum Ångström; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz var. gracile (Pursh) Milde; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz var. meridionale Butters; Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz var. mexicanum Hooker & Greville; Botrychium virginicum Willdenow var. gracile (Pursh) C. Presl; Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michaux; Botrypus virginianus (L.) Holub; Japanobotrychium virginianum (L.) M. Nishida; Osmunda virginiana L.; Osmundopteris virginiana (L.) Small
Common name (Japanese common name) nastu-no-hana-warabi (ナツノハナワラビ, 夏花蕨 [meaning: summer flowering warabi (warabi = Pteridium aquilinum)])
(English common name) rattlesnake fern, Virginia grape fern
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia, China, Europe, Canada, USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru
Chromosomal number n=92, 2n=184 (4x)
Description Leaves 15-35cm long. Terrestrial. Summer green.
Reference  Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Botrychium virginianum (Linnaeus) Swartz
Botrychium virginianum
Botrychium virginianum
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Swartz
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
Botrychium virginianum
Molecular study of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing the sporophyte of the eusporangiate rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum, Ophioglossaceae)



July 2008
at Karuiizawa Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Karuiizawa Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Karuiizawa Botanical Garden



July 2008
at Karuiizawa Botanical Garden