View source for Botrychium spathulatum

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|accepted_name=Botrychium spathulatum
|accepted_authority=W. H. Wagner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=80: 77. 1990
|year=1990
}}
|common_names=Spatulate moonwort;botryche à segments spatulés
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ophioglossaceae;Botrychium;Botrychium subg. Botrychium;Botrychium spathulatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ophioglossaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Botrychium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Botrychium subg. Botrychium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Botrychium spathulatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="trophophore stalk some measurement"><b>Trophophore </b>stalk 0–1 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="blade reflectance;blade coloration;blade shape;blade prominence or shape;blade architecture or shape;blade length;blade width;blade width;blade texture">blade shiny yellow-green, narrowly deltate, flat, 1-pinnate, to 8 × 2.5 cm, thick, leathery.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="between pinnae pinna count;between pinnae pinna orientation;between pinnae pinna arrangement or density;basal pinna variability;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;basal pinna shape;pair arrangement;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;apex shape;midrib count"><b>Pinnae </b>to 8 pairs, ascending, remote, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair approximately equal in size and cutting to adjacent pair, mostly narrowly spatulate to linear-spatulate and rounded or ± 2-cleft, lobed to unlobed to tip, margins mainly entire or occasionally irregularly and shallowly incised, apex rounded-notched, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties=""><b>Sporophores </b>1–2-pinnate, 1.2–2 times length of trophophore.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="sporophore architecture or shape;sporophore length;2n chromosome count">2n =180.</span><!--

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|habitat=Sand dunes, old fields, and grassy railroad sidings
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Mich.;Mont.
|discussion=<p>Botrychium spathulatum has long been confused with the more common B. minganense, with which it often grows in the Lake Superior region. The leaves appear later in B. spathulatum than in B. minganense.</p>
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name=Botrychium spathulatum
|author=
|authority=W. H. Wagner
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ophioglossaceae
|habitat=Sand dunes, old fields, and grassy railroad sidings
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.B.;N.W.T.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Mich.;Mont.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1990
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V2/V2_538.xml
|genus=Botrychium
|subgenus=Botrychium subg. Botrychium
|species=Botrychium spathulatum
|2n chromosome count=180
|apex shape=rounded-notched
|basal pinna shape=more or less 2-cleft lobed;unlobed
|basal pinna variability=equal
|between pinnae pinna arrangement or density=remote
|between pinnae pinna count=0;8
|between pinnae pinna orientation=ascending
|blade architecture or shape=1-pinnate
|blade coloration=yellow-green
|blade length=0cm;8cm
|blade prominence or shape=flat
|blade reflectance=shiny
|blade shape=deltate
|blade texture=leathery
|blade width=thick;0cm;2.5cm
|margin architecture or shape=occasionally irregularly;entire
|margin shape=incised
|midrib count=absent
|pair arrangement=adjacent
|sporophore architecture or shape=1-2-pinnate
|sporophore length=1.2-2 times length of trophophore
|trophophore stalk some measurement=0mm;1mm
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