Sceptridium

Taxobox
name = "Sceptridium"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pteridophyta
classis = Psilotopsida
ordo = Ophioglossales
familia = Botrychiaceae
genus = "Sceptridium"
genus_authority = Lyon
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Sceptridium dissectum"
*"Sceptridium multifidum"
*"Sceptridium rugulosum"

"Sceptridium" is a genus of seedless vascular plants, closely allied to (and previously often included in) the genus "Botrychium" (the moonworts) and also closely related to the genus "Botrypus" (the grape-ferns).

These plants are small with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. They differ from the moonworts in having at least some sterile fronds (all fronds in "Botrychium" are spore-bearing), and in the fronds being bi- or tri-pinnate ("Botrychium" are single pinnate, or rarely bipinnate); and from "Botrypus" in being evergreen ("Botrypus" are deciduous) and having the non-spore-bearing part of the frond long-stalked (short-stalked in "Botrypus").