200.000 Blechnum L.
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Rhizome with brown scales; lamina 1-pinnatifid or 1-pinnate. Fronds strongly dimorphic with fertile and sterile fronds; the fertile overtopping the sterile. Veins free in sterile fronds. Sori extending ± the full length of the fertile pinnae, linear; indusium linear. Derivation of name: blechnon: a fern Worldwide: 150 - 200 species, worldwide, but concentrated in the southern hemisphere Malawi: 7 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
attenuatum (Sw.) Mett. | C,S | Description, Image |
australe L. subsp. australe | S | Description, Image |
capense Burm. f. | S | Description, Image |
ivohibense C. Chr. | S | Description, Image |
punctulatum Sw. var. punctulatum | | Description, Image |
punctulatum Sw. var. atherstonei (Pappe & Rawson) Sim | S | Description |
tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn | N,S | Description, Image |
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