Aspleniaceae
Blechnum

Blechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Kuhn

First published in Filic. Afr.: 92 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peru to Brazil and S. South America, Subantarctic Islands. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Crozet Is., Falkland Is., Kerguelen, Macquarie Is., Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, South Georgia, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Victoria

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Ireland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • Mark, A.F. (2021). Above the treeline. A nature guide to alpine New Zealand: 1-433. Potton & Burton.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Austroblechnum penna-marina subspec. penna-marina.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 16, 1975 Camerik, A.M. [13006], Brazil K000902102 Yes
Sep 16, 1975 Camerik, A.M. [s.n.], Brazil K000902103 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Dusén, P. [s.n.], Brazil K000902093 Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Colenso, J.W. [s.n.], New Zealand K001092699 Yes
Jan 1, 1948 Brade, A.C. [18890], Brazil K000902101 Yes
Jan 1, 1937 Lanstyack, L. [s.n.], Brazil K000902100 Yes
Lewis, R. [496], Falkland Is. K000649010 Yes
Colenso, J.W. [2398] K001092700 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [9059], Brazil K000902099 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil K000902097 Yes
Brown, R. [44], Australia K001092746 Yes
Colenso, J.W. [267], New Zealand K001092703 Yes
Colenso, J.W. [2520] K001092701 Yes
Lyall, Dr. [48], New Zealand K001092702 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [7324], Brazil K000902094 Yes
Colenso, J.W. [355] K001092704 Yes
Sellow [s.n.], Brazil K000902098 Yes
Spannagel, C. [236], Brazil K000902095 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images