Blechnum durum
| Blechnum durum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida / Pteridopsida (disputed) |
| Order: | Athyriales |
| Family: | Blechnaceae |
| Genus: | Blechnum L. |
| Species: | B. durum |
| Binomial name | |
| Blechnum durum (T.Moore) C.Chr.[1] | |
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Blechnum durum in the hard fern genus is within the family Blechnaceae.[3] This fern has a somewhat restricted range in coastal forests from south of Okuru and the Haast River eastward to the Catlins area of the South Island, New Zealand. B. durum also is found on Stewart Island in the mixed hardwood/podocarp forest floor in association with Blechnum blechnoides, Blechnum chambersii and Blechnum colensoi.[4]
Taxonomy
This fern was first described by Moore in The Gardeners' Chronicle in 1866.[5] His description was based on a cultivated specimen collected by Henry H. Travers on the Chatham Islands in 1871.[6]
See also
References
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- Peter Wardle. 1991. Vegetation of New Zealand, Published by CUP Archive, ISBN 0-521-25873-1, ISBN 978-0-521-25873-9, 672 pages
Footnotes
- ↑ "Blechnaceae Blechnum durum (T.Moore) C.Chr.". The International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ↑ "Blechnum durum (T.Moore) C.Chr., 1905". NZOR (2012). New Zealand Organisms Register. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ↑ Peter Wardle. 1991
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2009
- ↑ Moore, Thomas (31 March 1866). "Lomaria dura". The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette: 290. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ↑ Cheeseman, Thomas Frederick (1914). Illustrations of the New Zealand flora. Wellington: John Mackay, Govt. Printer. pp. 486–491. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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