Entry for Blechnum australe L. [family BLECHNACEAE]
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, (2006) Author: B.S. PARRIS
Names
Blechnum australe L. [family BLECHNACEAE], Mant. Pl.: 130 (1767); Sim, Ferns S. Afr. ed. 2: 188, t. 84 (1915); Tardieu-Blot, Fl. Madag., Polypod. 2: 4, fig. 1, 3 (1960); Launert in Prodr. Fl. SW-Afr. 8: 1 (1969); Schelpe in F.Z. Pterid.: 240 (1970); Roux, Cape Penin. Ferns: 61 (1979); Jacobsen, Ferns S. Afr.: 469, t. 352 (1983); Schelpe & Anthony, F.S.A. Pterid.: 273, fig. 94, 1 (1986); Burrows, S. Afr. Ferns & Fern Allies: 335, fig. 336, t. 56, 2 (1990); Johns, Pterid. T.E.A.: 98 (1991). Type: South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Peninsula (LINN 1247/3, holo.).
Distribution
KENYA Naivasha District Nyandarua, Sasamua Dam, 24 Jan. 1971, Faden et al. 71/71! & Sasamua Dam, S Kinangop, 13 Sept. 1970, Cameron 18! & 3 Aug. 1981, Gilbert 6315!TANZANIA Arusha District Mt Meru East Slope, Jekukuma R., 21 March 1966, Greenway & Kanuri 12462!;TANZANIA Moshi District S of Kilimanjaro, 17 Sept. 1910, Daubenberger s.n.!;TANZANIA Kigoma District Mahali Mts, Sisaga, 1.5 km S of summit, 28 Aug. 1958, Newbould & Jefford 1839!