Blechnaceae

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Description

265 spp.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

Ferns of variable sizes (20 cm to over 5 m). The leaves generally form a dense rosette, but in some species the leaves can grow indefinitely and then they look like climbers.

Leaf

Leaves are typically rather hard in texture and either pinnatifid or once or more times pinnate. Often there is obvious leaf dimorphism, such that the fertile leaves are much narrower than the sterile ones. In some species, the leaves are able to grow indefinitely, and then they can become many meters long and scramble over the other vegetation.

Sporangium

Sporangia are arranged in linear sori on each side of the midvein of a leaf or pinna.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
  • Total squares
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Blechnaceae
Author
Newman
Vernacular names
  • kampasaniaiskasvit (Finnish)
  • kambräkenväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.37791
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
jsonrdf+xmlskos (dwc)
Total 1 species