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|accepted_name=Botrychium paradoxum
|accepted_authority=W. H. Wagner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. Fern J.
|place=71: 24. 1981
|year=1981
}}
|common_names=Paradox moonwort
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ophioglossaceae;Botrychium;Botrychium subg. Botrychium;Botrychium paradoxum
|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 paradoxum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trophophores </b>converted entirely to second fertile segment, stalk 1/2 length of fertile segment. <b>Sporophores</b> double, 2 per leaf, 1-pinnate, 0.5–4 cm. <b>2n</b> =180.</span><!--

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|habitat=Sporophores in June to August. Difficult to detect, plants usually hidden under other vegetation, in snowfields, secondary growth pastures
|elevation=1500–3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Sask.;Mont.;Utah.
|discussion=<p>The leaf structure of <i>Botrychium paradoxum</i> is uniform and unique. Very rare teratological individuals of other moonwort species may have trophophores partially or wholly transformed into sporophores.</p><!--
--><p><i>Botrychium</i> × watertonense W.H. Wagner, known only from one locality in western Alberta, is the sterile hybrid of <i>B. hesperium</i> and <i>B. paradoxum</i>. It can be identified by its trophophore pinnae; all are bordered with sporangia. It may reproduce by some unknown mechanism, such as unreduced spores (W.H. Wagner Jr. et al. 1984).</p><!--
--><p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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name=Botrychium paradoxum
|authority=W. H. Wagner
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ophioglossaceae
|habitat=Sporophores in June to August. Difficult to detect, plants usually hidden under other vegetation, in snowfields, secondary growth pastures
|elevation=1500–3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Sask.;Mont.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. Fern J.
|publication year=1981
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Botrychium
|subgenus=Botrychium subg. Botrychium
|species=Botrychium paradoxum
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