Austroblechnum

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXIII. Blechnaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 99-117 : 101

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.334.2.1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD1440-0256-BE3E-FF53-FD227BB2FB06

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Austroblechnum
status

 

Key to the Bolivian species of Austroblechnum View in CoL

1 Sterile blades 7–30 cm wide, proximally abruptly reduced or with a few vestigial pinnae a few mm long .................................... 2

– Sterile blades 0.7–9 cm wide, proximally gradually reduced .......................................................................................................... 3

2 Sterile blades 12–30 cm wide, thick-herbaceous; sterile pinnae 1.5–2+ cm wide near bases; fertile blades mostly 20–50+ cm long ........................................................................................................................................................................................ A. divergens View in CoL

– Sterile blades 7–10 cm wide, thin-herbaceous; sterile pinnae 1–1.5 cm wide at bases; fertile blades 12–16 cm long ....................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................... A. organense View in CoL

3 Pinnae narrowed at bases; blades thin-herbaceous, 0.7–1.2 cm wide ............................................................................ A. andinum View in CoL

– Pinnae widest at bases; blades firm-herbaceous to coriaceous, (1–) 1.4–7 cm wide ........................................................................ 4

4 Rhizomes non-stoloniferous; petioles with a few, blackish scales; sterile blades 3–9 cm wide .................................. A. lehmannii View in CoL

– Rhizomes stoloniferous; petioles lacking scales or with a few orange to red-brown scales; sterile blades 2–7 cm wide ............... 5

5 Blades coriaceous; pinnae perpendicular to the rachises; rhizomes short-creeping .............................................. A. penna-marina View in CoL

– Blades firm-herbaceous; pinnae ascending; rhizomes erect ............................................................................................................. 6

6 Sterile leaves 20–30 cm long; petioles 3–9 cm long; rhizome scales orange .............................................................. A. squamipes View in CoL

– Sterile leaves <18 cm long; petioles 0–2.2 cm long; rhizome scales dark red-brown ......................................... A. vallegrandense View in CoL

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