Difference between revisions of "Blechnum"

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 1077. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 485, 1754.

Common names: Deer ferns
Etymology: Greek blechnon, an ancient name for ferns in general
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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Revision as of 13:28, 27 July 2019

Plants terrestrial or rarely on rock. Stems creeping to ascending or erect, slender to stout, sometimes climbing [rarely subarborescent]; scales brown or black. Leaves monomorphic or variously dimorphic, cespitose to scattered. Blades pinnatifid to 1-pinnate, rarely simple or 2-pinnate. Rachis and costae glabrous, scaly, or hairy abaxially. Veins free, often forked. Sori borne on vascular commissures parallel to costae, 1 per side, normally uninterrupted, linear, continuous along length of costa. Spores with perine smooth to variously winged or rugose. x = 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36.

Distribution

Mostly tropical, especially Southern Hemisphere.

Discussion

Species ca. 220 (3 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaves strongly dimorphic, fertile leaves notably more erect, longer, and with narrower pinnae than sterile leaves; sterile blades tapering at base. Blechnum spicant
1 Leaves ± monomorphic, fertile leaves only slightly longer and somewhat contracted relative to sterile leaves; sterile blades ± truncate at base. > 2
2 Blades 1-pinnate proximally and pinnatifid distally or pinnatifid nearly throughout, usually less than 50 cm; pinna margins ± entire. Blechnum occidentale var. minor
2 Blades 1-pinnate throughout, usually more than 50 cm; pinna margins ± evenly serrulate. Blechnum serrulatum