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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.

Literature

Statistics

StatusTotal%
◼︎ synonym 13771%
◼︎ accepted 3518%
◼︎ unplaced 2111%
Total193

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Synonyms of Blechnum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Blechnopteris Trevis. Atti Ist. Veneto 2(2): 166. 1851 wfo-4000004743
Distaxia C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 110. 1851 [Oct 1851] wfo-4000012208
Lonchitis-aspera Hill ex Farw. American Midland Naturalist 12 1931 [Mar 1931] wfo-4000022153
Mesothema C.Presl Epimel. Bot. 111. 1851 [Oct 1851] wfo-4000023874

Species in Blechnum ( showing species 1 to 15 of 35)

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Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum aggregatum Tindale Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 85 1961 wfo-0000155011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum arborescens Hieron. Hedwigia 47: 239 (1908) wfo-0001126245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum areolare (Harr.) Copel. Polyp. Phil. 90. 1905 wfo-0000163108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum attenuatum var. attenuatum – – — wfo-0001251249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum aureosquamum A.Rojas – — wfo-0001277689
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum bakeri var. bakeri – – — wfo-0001043856
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum capense subsp. capense – – wfo-0001360012
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum capense subsp. eucapense Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 [Sep 1927] wfo-0001360013
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum capense var. capense – – wfo-0001380167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum cartilagineum var. cartilagineum – – wfo-0001380174
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum cartilagineum var. normale Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 [Sep 1927] wfo-0001380176
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum christensenii Ching 1934 — wfo-0001122814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum discolor var. discolor – – wfo-0001380183
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum discolor var. normale Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 [Sep 1927] wfo-0001380185
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum doodia var. caudata F.M.Bailey The Fern World of Australia 1881 wfo-0001380187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum elongatum Mett. Fil. Hort. Bot. Lips. 61, t. 4 f. 18 (1856) wfo-0000163237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum erectum DC. Symb. Antill. 2(2): 186 (1900) wfo-0000163238
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum falciculatum C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5 6: 466–467 1851 — wfo-0001113398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum germanii Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier , ser. 2, 2: 554 (1902) wfo-0001231962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum guascense Hieron. Hedwigia 47: 245, pl. 5, fig. 18 (1908) wfo-0000163257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum impressum Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic. : 75 (1852) wfo-0000163273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum irregulare Carruth. Fl. Vit. 351. 1873 (1873) wfo-0000163276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum ivohibense var. ivohibense – – — wfo-0001043893
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum lanceolatum var. lanceolatum – – wfo-0001380190
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum lanceolatum var. normale Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 [Sep 1927] wfo-0001380191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum linguifolium Stokes (Bot. Mat. Med. 4. 1812 wfo-0000163287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum lyratum Moritz Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 855, nomen (1854) wfo-0000163289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum melanocaulon subsp. melanocaulon – Unknown wfo-0001425774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum minus subsp. minus – – wfo-0001360015
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum mochaenum subsp. mochaenum – Unknown wfo-0001426723
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum mochaenum var. mochaenum – – — wfo-0001111443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum orientale var. orientale – – — wfo-0001275648
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum patersonii subsp. patersonii – Unknown wfo-0001425775
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum patersonii var. patersonii – – wfo-0001398299
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum penna var. uliginosa C.Chr. – wfo-0001391320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum penna-marina subsp. penna-marina – Unknown wfo-0001425776
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum penna-marina var. bolivianum Rosenst. ex Looser Revista Univ. (Santiago) 32: 77 1947 — wfo-0001220750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum petiolatum W.Hunter J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 53: 126 (1909) wfo-0000163316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum productum Moritz Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 12: 855, nomen (1854) wfo-0000163320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum sect. Pilosa T.C.Chambers Telopea 22: 43. 2019 wfo-1000020659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum serpentinum Noronha in Verh. Bat. Genootsch. 5: 70. 1827 wfo-0000163340
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum simillimum var. simillimum – – — wfo-0001251250
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum sociale Christ Farnkr. Erde 179. 1897 wfo-0000163343
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum stipitatum A.Rojas – — wfo-0001277690
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum treubii Alderw. Bull. Dép. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 13, 27 (1908) wfo-0000163348
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Blechnum unguiculatum (Fée) Kuhn Filic. Afr. : 94 (1868) wfo-0000163354