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Blechnaceae Newman

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Blechnaceae Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. 2, 8 (1844)
Blechnaceae Newman
Smith, A.R.; Pryer, K.M.; Schuettpelz, E.; Korall, P.; Schneider, H.; Wolf, P.G. 2006: A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731.
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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Newman
Newman
Newman, E. 1844: A history of British ferns. Edition 2. John van Voorst, London.
1844
8
ICN
Blechnum L.
family
Blechnaceae

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Blechnaceae

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

Blechnaceae Newman

Sori discrete or fused to form coenosori. Indusium marginal or superficial, || costa. Sporangia crowded, rather large; annulus vertical, interrupted. Spores bilateral, reniform to subglobose, us. smooth and with perispore. Rhizome dictyostelic, erect or creeping, sts forming a distinct caudex. Paleae not clathrate; stipes not articulated to rhizome, with several vascular strands. Fronds mostly bipinnate; veins free, forked, sts anastomosing. Prothallus cordate. About 5 genera of terrestrial ferns of wide distribution.

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Blechnaceae Newman
Blechnaceae
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Blechnaceae Newman
Blechnaceae
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Filicopsida
Blechnaceae Newman
Blechnaceae
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Blechnaceae Newman
Blechnaceae
Smith, A.R.; Pryer, K.M. et al. (2006)
Blechnaceae Newman
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1 January 2000
31 August 2020
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