Species Blechnum punctulatum
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Etymology of Blechnum:
Gk. blekhnon = an ancient name used for ferns in general.
Etymology of punctulatum:
From the Latin ‘punctulatum’ / ‘punctulatus’ meaning ‘slightly pock-marked’
Scientific name:
Blechnum punctulatum Sw.
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Unknown
Protologue:
J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 74 (1801)
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Year published:
1801
Rhizomatous perennial. Fronds arching, soft, stipe proximally paleate, lamina oblong-elliptic, to 75 cm long, pinnate, sterile pinnae oblong-attenuate from an auriculate base, fertile pinnae linear, base somewhat auriculate acroscopically. Sori extending most of the length of fertile pinnae, indusium erose. Moist forests, terrestrial or lithophytic, 250--800 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Pakhuis Mts to Zimbabwe and Madagascar).
Observations of Taxon
Blechnum punctulatum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum punctulatum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum punctulatum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum punctulatum var. atherstonei
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Blechnum punctulatum var. atherstonei
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown