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Blechnum

Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae

Taxonomy
Blechnum was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Knowlton (1919); to Blechnaceae by Baldoni et al. (1985), Carpenter (1991) and Chauhan (1991); and to Blechnoideae by I (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Blechnum Linnaeus
1919Blechnum Knowlton
1985Blechnum Baldoni et al.
1991Blechnum Carpenter
1991Blechnum Chauhan
2016Blechnum I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyBlechnaceaeCopeland
subfamilyBlechnoideaeGasper et al. 2016
genusBlechnum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Blechnum Linnaeus 1753
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Blechnum anceps Brown 1962
Blechnum goepperti Ettingshausen 1865
Blechnum turbioense Frenguelli 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available