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Blechnaceae (Chain ferns)

Synonyms: Stenochlaenaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

Blechnaceae is a family of from two to nine genera and between 240-260 species of ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida. Most are ground dwelling, some are climbers, such as Stenochlaena. A characteristic feature of many species is that the young opening fronds are usually tinged with red.
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Genus

Anchistea (1)
Austroblechnum (37)   (1)
Blechnidium (1)
Blechnopsis (3)
Blechnum (hard fern) (53)
Brainea (1)
Cleistoblechnum (1)
Cranfillia (24)
Diploblechnum (6)
Doodia (21)
Icarus (1)
Lomaria (18)
Lomaridium (16)
Lomariocycas (19)
Lorinseria (1)
Midlandia (1)
Neoblechnum (1)
Oceaniopteris (8)
Oceanopteris (1)
Parablechnum (66)
Sadleria (sadleria) (6)   (2)
Salpichlaena (4)
Spicantopsis (3)
Stenochlaena (stenochlaena) (5)   (1)
Struthiopteris (3)
Telmatoblechnum (2)
Woodwardia (chainfern) (29)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0