Aspleniaceae
Blechnum

Blechnum australe L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 130 (1767)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ascension, Cape Provinces, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Tanzania, Tristan da Cunha, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lindman, C.A.M. [373] Brazil K000954248 Yes
Juergens, J. [274] Brazil K000954244 Yes
Reineck; Czermak [37] Brazil K000954247 Yes
Baker [s.n.] Uruguay K000954245 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000954242 Yes
Baker [106] Uruguay K000954249 Yes
Parris, B.S.; Croxall, J.P. [7596] Brazil K000954246 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000954243 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images