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Blechnum australe

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Identification
Isotype of Blechnum australe [family POLYPODIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Blechnum australe [family POLYPODIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Blechnum rigidum
  • Blechnum australe
  • Blechnum punctulatum
  • Lomaria australis
  • Blechnum auriculatum

Flora

Entry for Blechnum australe L. [family BLECHNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
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.).
Information
Rhizomes 3– 20 mm in diameter including scales, erect, sometimes stoloniferous; scales 2– 10≈ 0.2– 2.0 mm, narrowly lanceolate, dark brown with paler margin. Stipes 20– 200≈ 0.5– 2.0 mm. Fronds erect, pinnate, fertile and sterile laminae similar in size, 6– 58≈ 1– 6 cm, narrowly elliptic in outline, lower pinnae reduced to auricles, pinnae apiculate at apex, auriculate at base, margin minutely serrate, longest sterile pinnae 7– 30≈ 3– 8 mm, very narrowly triangular-oblong, longest fertile pinnae 5– 35≈ 1– 4 mm, linear beyond dilated base. Sori extending along most of fertile pinnae, unbroken, indusium erose or lacerate, 0.3– 0.8 mm wide. Fig. 1/2. (p. 3).
Range
DISTR. K 3– 5; T 2, 4, 7
Altitude range
1500– 2500 m
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!
Distribution (external)
; Zimbabwe
South Africa
Tristan da Cunha
Gough Islands
Madagascar

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