Aspleniaceae
Blechnum

Blechnum tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn

First published in Filic. Afr.: 94 (1868)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil to N. Argentina, Tropical & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Brazil South, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Paraguay, Rwanda, Réunion, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Uruguay, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Lomariocycas tabularis.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Fil. Afr. 94 (1868)
  • Schelpe in J. Linn. Soc. 53: 494 (1952).
  • Sim F.S.A. 187, t. 83 (1915)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2827] Zambia K001634230 Yes
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Plessis, D.; Du Plessis, S.; O'Connor, N. [NCW713] Zambia K001634268 Yes
Wightman, N.; Alfonsi, J.; Conradie, C.; Du Plessis, D.; Du Plessis, S.; O'Connor, N. [NCW713] Zambia K001634269 Yes
Merrett, L.; Ginwalla, R. [2827] Zambia K001634229 Yes
Patel, H. [7341] Mozambique K000613603 No
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 185] Mauritius Lomaria boryana K001109485 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images