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Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae)     Tasmania has one living native species of Botrychium plus another species that is probably extinct. These are small terrestrial plants, with very distinctive morphology. They produce a frond that is divided into two near the base. One branch is vegetative and is either pinnate or has more complex lobing. The other branch is similar in branching pattern, but has narrow lobes/leaflets that carry numerous sporangia.

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