Scientific or common name:

Blechnum polypodioides (Sw.) Kuhn

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BLECHNACEAE - Chain Fern family Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Blechnum polypodioides (Sw.) Kuhn
Nomencl. ref.: Filic. Afr. 92. 1868 [Jan-Mar 1868]
Rank: species
See: ► Blechnum fragile (Liebm.) Morton & Lellinger

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Common names

U.S. name: Fragile midsorus fern

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Blechnum fragile (Liebm.) Morton & Lellinger
= Struthiopteris polypodioides (Sw.) Trevis.

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: -
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Filicopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Blechnum
Species:

1) Blechnum appendiculatum Willd. 2) Blechnum chordatum (Desv.) Hieron. 3) Blechnum divergens (Kunze) Mett. 4) Blechnum fragile (Liebm.) Morton & Lellinger 5) Blechnum indicum auct. non Burm. 6) Blechnum insularum Morton & Lellinger 7) Blechnum lineatum (Sw.) C. Chr. 8) Blechnum occidentale L. 9) Blechnum occidentale L. var. minor Hook. 10) Blechnum polypodioides (Sw.) Kuhn 11) Blechnum polypodioides Raddi 12) Blechnum serrulatum Rich. 13) Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. 14) Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. ssp. nipponicum auct. non (Kunze) A. Löve & D. Löve 15) Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. var. elongatum (Hook.) B. Boivin 16) Blechnum underwoodianum (Broadh.) C. Chr. [excluded] 17) Blechnum unilaterale Sw. 18) Blechnum vulcanicum (Blume) Kuhn

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Filicopsida 2) Polypodiopsida

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Families
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1) Anemiaceae (Flowering Fern family) 2) Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family) 3) Blechnaceae (Chain Fern family) 4) Cyatheaceae (Tree Fern family) 5) Davalliaceae (Hanging Fern family) 6) Dennstaedtiaceae (Bracken Fern family) 7) Dicksoniaceae (Tree Fern family) 8) Dryopteridaceae (Wood Fern family) 9) Gleicheniaceae (Forking Fern family) 10) Grammitidaceae (Kihi Fern family) 11) Hymenophyllaceae (Filmy Fern family) 12) Lophosoriaceae (Diamond-leaf Fern family) 13) Lygodiaceae (Climbing Fern family) 14) Marattiaceae (Vessel Fern family) 15) Marsileaceae (Water-clover family) 16) Ophioglossaceae 17) Osmundaceae (Royal Fern family) 18) Parkeriaceae (Water Fern family) 19) Polypodiaceae (Polypody family) 20) Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family) 21) Salviniaceae (Floating Fern family) 22) Schizaeaceae (Curly-grass family) 23) Thelypteridaceae (Marsh Fern family) 24) Vittariaceae (Shoestring Fern family)

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Genera (Blechnaceae)
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1) Anchistea (chainfern) 2) Blechnum (midsorus fern) 3) Doodia (hacksaw fern) 4) Lomaria (midsorus fern) 5) Lomariopsis (stenochlaena) 6) Lorinseria (chainfern) 7) Osmunda (midsorus fern) 8) Sadleria 9) Stenochlaena 10) Struthiopteris (midsorus fern) 11) Woodwardia (chainfern)

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Common names (Blechnum)
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1) (no name) 2) Chilean hard fern (Blechnum chordatum) 3) Deer fern (Blechnum spicant) 4) Fragile midsorus fern (Blechnum fragile) 5) Graceful midsorus fern (Blechnum insularum) 6) Hammock fern (Blechnum occidentale) 7) Narrowleaf midsorus fern (Blechnum polypodioides) 8) Palm fern (Blechnum appendiculatum) 9) Ravine midsorus fern (Blechnum divergens) 10) Rockbank midsorus fern (Blechnum lineatum) 11) Toothed midsorus fern (Blechnum serrulatum)

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More species:
1) Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. [2520]
2) Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. ssp. nipponicum auct. non (Kunze) A. Löve & D. Löve [132]
3) Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm. var. elongatum (Hook.) B. Boivin [103]
4) Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb. [374]
5) Blepharostoma trichophyllum (L.) Dumort. [436]
6) Blitum hastatum Rydb. [144]
7) Bobea elatior Gaudich. var. brevipes (A. Gray) Hillebr. [92]
8) Boechera cobrensis (M.E. Jones) Dorn [189]
9) Boechera lyallii (S. Watson) Dorn [106]
10) Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudich. [313]

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