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May 2019

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genus

Blechnum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 1077. 1753 [1 May 1753] ; et in Genera Plantarum ed. 5 (1754) 485.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000004744.

Synonyms of Blechnum

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Blechnopsis	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 475. 1851.	—	wfo-4000004742
Distaxia	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 470. 1851.	—	wfo-4000012208
Homophyllum	Merino	Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 1898: 108. 1898.	—	wfo-4000018203
Lomaria	Willd.	Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 3(2): 160. 1809.	—	wfo-4000022108
Lomaridium	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 514–515. 1851.	—	wfo-4000022115
Lonchitis-aspera	Hill ex Farw.	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 240, 276. 1931.	—	wfo-4000022153
Mesothema	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 471. 1851.	—	wfo-4000023874
Orthogramma	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 481. 1851.	—	wfo-4000027269
Parablechnum	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 469. 1851.	—	wfo-4000027970
Spicanta	C.Presl	Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 474. 1851.	—	wfo-4000036075
Spicantopsis	Nakai	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47(555): 180–181. 1933.	—	wfo-4000036077
Stegania	R.Br.	Prodr. 152. 1810.	—	wfo-4000036347

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Blechnum:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Blechnum flabellatum	C.Presl	Tent. Pterid. 103 1836	wfo-0001107815
Blechnum pohlianum	C.Presl	Tent. Pterid. 103, t. 11, f. 11 1836	wfo-0001127713
Blechnum sylvaticum	Schelpe	–	wfo-0001110887