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Botrychium

Pteridopsida - Ophioglossales - Ophioglossaceae

Taxonomy
Botrychium was named by Swartz (1800). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Ophioglossaceae by Swartz (1800) and Chauhan (1991); and to Botrychioideae by I (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Botrychium Swartz
1991Botrychium Chauhan
2016Botrychium I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPteridopsidaRitgen 1828
subclassOphioglossidaeKlinge 1882
RankNameAuthor
orderOphioglossales
familyOphioglossaceae
subfamilyBotrychioideaePresl 1845
genusBotrychiumSwartz 1800

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Botrychium Swartz 1800
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) B. sp. (34887)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) B. sp. (169381)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Canada (Northwest Territories) B. sp. (21371)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Massachusetts) B. sp. (231796)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) B. dissectum (61887)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) B. sp. (228849)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) B. sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) B. sp. (168756)