Austroblechnum penna-marina
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Blechnaceae
- Genus: Austroblechnum Gasper & V.A.O. Dittrich
- Species: Austroblechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Gasper & V.A.O. Dittrich
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 01-I-2012
- Collection Number: 344
- Primary collector: N. P. Smith
- Determined by: F. Matos, 2012.
- Habitat: Stone wall
- Specimen location: FLOR
Collection Location
- General location: Parque Nacional de São Jaquim
- Country: Brazil
- State or Province: Santa Catarina
- Municipality: Urubici
- Coordinates: ,
About the Author
Nathan Smith
I am an amateur botanist working on the fern and lycophyte florulas of Santa Catarina Island and the Furnas River Reserve, in southern Brazil.
I don’t know this species – it looks a lot like the circumboreal Blechnum spicant, interestingly enough. Not sure if they are in the same section. Nice plant. Is it endemic to SE Brazil?
It is found in southeastern Brazil, a few other countries in southern SA (Peru to Argentina), some Pacific islands, and Australia. V. Dittrich (2005) discusses it (at least for Brazil). See http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/brc/33004137005P6/2005/dittrich_vao_dr_rcla.pdf