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Botrychium

plant genus

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Ophioglossaceae

In Ophioglossaceae
The genus Botrychium, with about 50 species, distributed throughout the world, includes the grape ferns and moonworts. The rattlesnake fern (B. virginianum) of North America is sometimes placed by itself in the genus Botrypus.
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process of reproduction

In plant reproductive system: Ferns
…ferns, such as Ophioglossum and Botrychium, the spores are borne upon a specialized axis, the fertile spike. The sporangia of such primitive ferns are massive, with several layers of cellular walls, and produce an indefinite but large number of spores. In most other ferns, the sporangia are smaller and long-stalked,…
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