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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1(4), 249 (1899)
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2021: Blechnaceae. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 29. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Diels
Hook.
(Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Engler, H.G.A; Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) 1898–1902: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Teil 1. Abt. 4. Engelmann, Leipzig.
1899
249
ICN
Lomaria membranacea Colenso ex Hook.
species
Blechnum membranaceum

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Blechnaceae
Blechnum
membranaceum

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels

Rhizome stout, erect or ascending, invested by bases of fallen stipites, clad in dark subulate- to linear-attenuate paleae c. 5 mm. long; stipites tufted. Stipes slender, 1-5 cm. long, blackish, ± paleate. Rhachis slender, paleate to nude, bearing numerous pinnae. Sterile lamina membr., bright green, 5-15-(30) × 1-4 cm., narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Pinnae close-set, lower distinct, upper merging into pinnatifid apex, (4)-10-(20) cm. × 2-7 mm., oblong to suborbicular, crenate- to dentate-serrate, attached by broad base. Fertile lamina 5-15 cm. long, linear-lanceolate; pinnae distant, linear, 4-15 mm. long. Sori covering whole of undersurface.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels

2n = 66

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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2021)
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Blechnum L.
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels

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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Blechnum membranaceum (Colenso ex Hook.) Mett. ex Diels
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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736b15c3-e538-467f-852c-fd3879381281
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 June 2025
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