Blechnum
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Blechnaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Terrestrial ferns, hemiepiphytic or less frequently epiphytic; rhizomes elongate, erect or scandent, sometimes forming a caudex or stolon, densely covered with scales. Fronds sterile or fertile, monomorphic or dimorphic; blades glabrous, pinnatisect, simple-pinnate or less frequently entire; veins free, bifurcated, except for the minor veins on the fertile fronds; pinnae entire or serrate. Sori linear, parallel to the midvein; indusia linear, opening toward the midvein. A cosmopolitan genus of about 180 species, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.