Definition of Moonworts. Meaning of Moonworts. Synonyms of Moonworts

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Definition of Moonworts

Moonwort
Moonwort Moon"wort`, n. (Bot.) (a) The herb lunary or honesty. See Honesty. (b) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond.

Meaning of Moonworts from wikipedia

- plants in the family Ophioglossaceae. Botrychium species are known as moonworts. They are small, with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into...
- thick. Their spores develop into underground, mycotrophic gametophytes. Moonworts die down at the end of summer, frequently lying dormant for several seasons...
- Botrychiaceae (moonwort family) was recognized as a segregate family of ferns. The family included the genera Botrychium (the moonworts), Botrypus (the...
- ferns (including leptosporangiates, marattioids, adder's-tongues, and moonworts) class ****topsida (or sometimes as several different classes of seed-bearing...
- 11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2. Wagner, W. H. Jr.; Wagner, F. S. (1981). "New Species of Moonworts, Botrychium subg. Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae), from North America". American...
- its discovery in 1982 it was not generally known that Botrychium spp. (moonworts) occurred in prairies. The dominant species found along with this fern...
- Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. This plant is unique among the moonworts. While other species generally produce one fertile frond and one sterile...
- Soldanella alpina, the alpine snowbell or blue moonwort, is a member of the family Primulaceae native to the Alps and Pyrenees. Sanders, Thomas William...
- allied to (and often included as a subgenus of) the genus Botrychium (the moonworts and grapeferns). It is also closely related to the genus Botrypus (the...
- 19.1.2. Wagner, W. H. Jr.; Wagner, F. S. (1986). "Three New Species of Moonworts(Botrychium subg. Botrychium) Endemic in Western North America". American...