Blechnidium melanopus

by Ran Wei | Feb 23, 2014 | Ferns, New Collections | 3 comments

This blechnoid fern is endemic to the Pan-Himalayas and Taiwan. It has a long-creeping rhizome and is epiphytic.

Collection data (R. Wei, ST0849 )

Classification & Common Names

Class: Polypodiopsida
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Blechnidium T. Moore
Species: Blechnidium melanopus (Hook.) T.Moore

Collection Data

Collection Date: 24-VII-2013
Collection Number: ST0849
Primary collector: R. Wei
Habitat: Seasonally moist forest
Habit: Epiphyte
Specimen location: PE

No mapped posts found (no valid coordinates).

Collection Location

Country: China
State or Province: Yunnan
Coordinates: ,

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3 Comments

Ralf Knapp on March 11, 2014 at 7:39 am

In Taiwan, Blechnum melanopus is never epiphytic, always terrestrial (floor and slopes of broadleaf and mixed forests).
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André Gasper on July 1, 2015 at 1:53 pm

Dear Ralf and Wei

any one of you have sample to send? Is the only species that is missing in my phylogeny, and it´s importat to solve the problem abou the genus Blechnum ou Blechnopsis.
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- Ralf Knapp on July 14, 2015 at 7:25 am
  
  Dear Andre,
  
  According to my database should I have silica-dried tissue samples of this taxon, collected in Taiwan.
  
  Please contact me by email (ralf.knapp@gmail.com).
  
  All the best,
  
  Ralf
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