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Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.

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Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh. in Christenhusz et al., Phytotaxa 19: 20 (2011)
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Christenh.
Christenh.
2011
20
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Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
species
Blechnum neohollandicum
From the Latin neohollandicus – from New Holland, an early name for Australia where the species is common.

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neohollandicum

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Vegetative reproduction by stolons. Rhizome clad in dense black paleae. Fertile and sterile fronds similar. Fronds more or less erect, harsh; lamina 12-26 cm long. Stipes and raches bearing black or dark brown scales which are more persistent at the bases of stipes but are often shed, leaving tubercles; usually glabrescent, rarely pubescent. All pinnae, except occasionally the lowest pair, adnate to the rachis (see Fig. 1a); sometimes the lower, always the middle and upper, decurrent. Pinnae c. 17-32 pairs or subopposite. Terminal pinna 0.7- 2.1 cm long 1/8-1/25 of frond length). Longest pinnae c. 1.5-5.0 cm long, 4-6 mm wide. Distance between middle pinnae 1-5 mm (0.2-1.25 × pinna width). Middle pinnae rounded to acute at apex. Sori in one row on each side of the pinna midrib, sometimes a second row partly to almost completely developed; discrete. Indusium c. 1 mm long, often kidney-shaped; sorus sometimes larger, to 2 mm when mass of sporangia protrudes.

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Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Doodia aspera R.Br.
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Woodwardia aspera (R.Br.) Fée
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.

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Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
Australia
Blechnum neohollandicum Christenh.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District

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Etymology
From the Latin neohollandicus – from New Holland, an early name for Australia where the species is common.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
22 September 2014
5 February 2021
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