Species Blechnum australe
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Blechnum:
Gk. blekhnon = an ancient name used for ferns in general.
Etymology of australe:
From the Latin australis = ‘south’; Frequently referring to South Africa though may refer to Southern Cape, Southern Africa or the Southern Hemisphere.
Scientific name:
Blechnum australe L.
Common names:
Southern Deer Fern
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Mant. Pl. 130 (1767)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1767
Perennial with branched rhizome. Fronds erect or arching, soft, stipe sparsely paleate, lamina narrowly elliptic, to 50 cm long, pinnate, sterile pinnae oblong-acute, mucronate, base somewhat auriculate, fertile pinnae linear, falcate. Sori extending most of the length of fertile pinnae, indusium lacerate. Rock crevices and forest floors, 250--1200 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to E Africa, Madagascar and S Atlantic islands).
Observations of Taxon
Blechnum australe
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum australe
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum australe
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum australe
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum australe
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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