Blechnum appendiculatum

Blechnum appendiculatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Blechnaceae
Subfamilia: Blechnoideae
Genus: Blechnum
Species: Blechnum appendiculatum

Name

Blechnum appendiculatum Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 410. 1810.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Blechnum occidentale var. appendiculatum (Willd.) Hieron., Hedwigia 47: 235. 1908.
• Heterotypic
  • Blechnum glandulosum Kaulf. ex Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 462. 1822.
    • Blechnum occidentale var. glandulosum (Link) Proctor, Bull. Inst. Jamaica, Sci. Ser. 5: 13. 1953.
  • Blechnum heterocarpum Fée, Gen. 74. 1850-1852.
  • Blechnum occidentale var. intermedium E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 1: 112. 1872.
  • Blechnum meridionale C.Presl, Del. Prag. 1: 186. 1822.
    • Blechnum distans var. meridionale (C.Presl) Rosenst., Hedwigia 46: 95. 1906.
    • Blechnum occidentale var. meridionale (C.Presl) Luetzelb., Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 246. 1923.
  • Blechnum occidentale var. minor Hook., Sp. Fil. 3: 51. 1860.
  • Blechnum occidentale var. pectinatum (Hook.) Hook., Sp. Fil. 3: 51. 1860.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida, Georgia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (México Distrito Federal, México State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas), Mexico Northwest (Sonora), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nario, Santander, Tolima), Ecuador, Peru. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Willdenow, C.L.v. 1810. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 5(1): 410.

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2019. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.71 – March 2019. Accessed 5 May 2019.
• Hassler, M. 2019. Blechnum appendiculatum – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 04.
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Blechnum appendiculatum. Published online. Accessed: May 04 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Blechnum appendiculatum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 04.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Blechnum appendiculatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 May 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Blechnum appendiculatum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Hammock Fern

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