200.000 Blechnum L.
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the genus
Rhizome with brown scales; lamina 1-pinnatifid or 1-pinnate. Fronds strongly dimorphic with fertile and sterile fronds; the fertile overtopping the sterile. Veins free in sterile fronds. Sori extending ± the full length of the fertile pinnae, linear; indusium linear. Derivation of name: blechnon: a fern Worldwide: 150 - 200 species, worldwide, but concentrated in the southern hemisphere DRC: 0 taxa. |
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