Aspleniaceae
Blechnum

Blechnum minus (R.Br.) Ettingsh.

First published in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 23: 63 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Queensland to SE. Australia, New Zealand. It grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Antipodean Is., Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • 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. [Cited as Parablechnum minus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 25, 1978 Whitmee, S.J. [148] Samoa K000722581 No
Jan 25, 1978 Whitmee, S.J. [67] Samoa K000722582 No
Jan 25, 1978 Powell, T. [223] Samoa K000722579 No
Jan 25, 1978 Christophersen, E. [802] Samoa K000722580 No
Jan 25, 1978 Cheesman, T.F. [753] Cook Islands K000722583 No
Jan 25, 1978 Cheesman, T.F. [753] Cook Islands K000722584 No
Dec 12, 1977 Brown, R. [47] Australia K001092747 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 12, 1977 Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K001092748 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 29, 1977 Potts, T.H. [s.n.] New Zealand K001092715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 29, 1977 Colenso, W. [s.n.] New Zealand K001092716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dutton [s.n.] New Zealand K001092774 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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