Blechnum appendiculatum Willd., Sp. Pl.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXIII. Blechnaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 99-117 : 103

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Blechnum appendiculatum Willd., Sp. Pl.
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Blechnum appendiculatum Willd., Sp. Pl. View in CoL , ed. 4, 5(1): 410. 1810.

= Blechnum glandulosum Kaulf. ex Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 462. 1822.

Range:— West Indies; southern USA to Bolivia ( CH, CO, LP, SC, TA), Paraguay, and Argentina; introduced to Hawai’i.

Ecology:— Common; terrestrial in humid to semihumid forests, often in somewhat open and distrurbed habitats such along trail margins, but usually not in full sun; (400–) 650–2800 m.

Notes:— The rhizome scales tend to be darker than in Blechnume occidentale . Variable in size, petiole length, and density and length of rachis hairs. It may represent a species complex, or hybridize with other species, e.g., B. gracile , B. occidentale , and B. polypodioides .

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