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Blechnum occidentale L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1077 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001109501.

Synonyms of Blechnum occidentale L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Blechnum cunninghamii T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) 8-9: 195 (1860) wfo-0000163160
Blechnum drepanophyllum Trevis. Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti 2(2): 166 (1851) wfo-0000163232
Blechnum extensum Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 75 (1852) wfo-0000163241
Blechnum haenkeanum Trevis. Atti Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. Lett. Arti 2(2): 166 (1851) wfo-0000163259
Blechnum helveolum Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 75 (1852) wfo-0000163262
Blechnum humile Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 402 (1796) wfo-0000163271
Blechnum lomariaceum Sodiro Crypt. Vasc. Quit. 129 (1893) wfo-0000163288
Blechnum triangulatum J.Sm. Cult. Ferns 38 (1857) wfo-0000163350
Spicanta occidentalis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 821 (1891) wfo-0001110377
Blechnum occidentale var. occidentale wfo-0001113396
Blechnum occidentale var. puberulum Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 8: 210 (1893) wfo-0001121221
Blechnum scaberulum Sodiro Crypt. Vasc. Quit. 130 (1893) wfo-0001123116
Blechnum sodiroi C.Chr. Index Filic. 159 (1905) wfo-0001126249
Blechnum falcatum Link Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 77 (1833) wfo-0001228588
Lomaria campylotis Kunze Linnaea 17(5): 567 (1844) wfo-0001228589
Blechnum cognatum C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 107 (1851) wfo-0001228590
Blechnum acuminatum Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. 75 (1852) wfo-0001228591
Blechnum campylotis (Kunze) J.Sm. Ferns Brit. Foreign 198 (1866) wfo-0001228592
Blechnum mucronatum Fée Crypt. Vasc. Bresil 2: 17 (1872) wfo-0001228593
Blechnum suburbicum Vell. Fl. Flumin. Icon. 11: t.107 (1831) wfo-0001228594
Blechnum rugosum T.Moore Gard. Chron. n.s., 21: 408 (1884) wfo-0001228603
Blechnum flaccisquama A.Rojas Brenesia 45-46: 33, fig. (1996) wfo-0001243001
Blechnum galeottii T.Moore Index Fil. (T.Moore) 8-9: 196 (1860) wfo-0001263907
Mesothema campylotis C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 112 (1851) wfo-0001265545
Blechnum puberulum (Sodiro) A.Rojas Mét. Ecol. Sist. 3(1): 38 (2008) wfo-0001285504
Blechnum occidentale var. campylotis (Kunze) Farw. wfo-0001371300
Blechnum occidentale f. pubirhachis (Rosenthal) Lellinger Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 98: 373 (1985) wfo-0001402861
Blechnum occidentale var. cunninghamii (T.Moore) Baker Fl. Bras. (Martius) 1(2): 425 (1870) wfo-0001414273
Blechnum cillatum M.Martens & Galeotti Nouv. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 15 (Mém. Lycopod.): 50 (1842) wfo-1000068016
Blechnum pectinatum Hook. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 1: t. 95 (1837) wfo-1000073675
Blechnum cartilagineum Schkuhr Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: 101, t. 108 b (1809) wfo-1000073681
Blechnum glandulosum Wall. Numer. List no. 56 (1829) wfo-1000074451
Blechnum lomarioides Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 8: 209 (1893) wfo-1000074471
Blechnum occidentale var. lacerata Rosenst. Hedwigia 46: 94 (1906) wfo-1200101442
Blechnum occidentale var. majus E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 1: 112 (1872) wfo-1200101444
Blechnum occidentale var. pallidum Suess. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 1: 82 (1934) wfo-1200101445
Blechnum occidentale var. pectinatum Hook. Sp. Fil. [W. J. Hooker] 3: 51 (1860) wfo-1200101446
Blechnum occidentale var. solutum Kuhn ex E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 1: 112 (1872) wfo-1200101447
Blechnum meridionale var. pubirhachis Rosenst. (1906) wfo-1200102391
Blechnum occidentale f. bifidum Hahne Fern Bull. 12: 117 (1904) wfo-1200102394
Blechnum occidentale var. lomarioides (Sodiro) J.Bommer & Christ Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 35(1): 193 (1896), as 'lomariaceum' wfo-1200102396
Blechnum occidentale var. minus E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 1: 112 (1872), nom. illeg. wfo-1200102397