 It is believed that this transfer may have helped to enable this plant's cosmopolitan global distribution.This plant has long been included in the genus "Botrychium", but was unique within the genus because of chromosome number and other signatures, including the inclusion of presumed mistletoe DNA within its mitochondria.Recent research has established that this plant is sister to all other Botrychioid plants, including both the genus "Botrychium" sensu stricto, and the genus "Sceptridium", with the exception of a single known species, previously included in "Botrypus", which is "B. strictus".