Parablechnum

Parablechnum
Parablechnum novae-zelandiae in Wellington Botanic Garden, New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Subfamily: Blechnoideae
Genus:
C.Presl[1]
Species

See text.

Parablechnum is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] The genus is accepted in a 2016 classification of the family Blechnaceae,[2] but other sources sink it into a very broadly defined Blechnum, equivalent to the whole of the PPG I subfamily.[3]

Species

As of July 2025, using the PPG I classification system, the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World accepted the following seventy-six species and one hybrid:[4]

  • Parablechnum acanthopodum (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum ambiguum (Kaulf. ex C.Presl) C.Presl
  • Parablechnum anthracinum (R.C.Moran) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich
  • Parablechnum articulatum (F.Muell.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum atropurpureum (A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum bicolor (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum bolivianum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum brasiliense (Raddi) M.T.Medeiros & Schwartsb.
  • Parablechnum camfieldii (Tindale) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum capense (Burm. fil.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum chauliodontum (Copel.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum chilense (Kaulf.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum chiriquanum (Broadh.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum cochabambense (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum confusum (E.Fourn.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum corbassonii (Brownlie) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum cordatum (Desv.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum dilatatum (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum falciforme (Liebm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum gemmascens (Alston) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum givalum J.Murillo
  • Parablechnum glaziovii (Christ) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum gregsonii (Tindale) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum hieronymi (Brause) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum howeanum (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum humbertii (Tardieu) S.Molino & Lafuente
  • Parablechnum imbricatum M.T.Murillo & J.Murillo
  • Parablechnum lechleri (Mett.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum lima (Rosenst.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum lineatum (Sw.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum longistipitatum (A.Rojas) A.Rojas
  • Parablechnum loxense (Kunth) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum marginatum (Fée) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum mariae-teresae J.Murillo & L.A.Triana
  • Parablechnum milnei (Carruth.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum minus (R.Br.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum monomorphum (R.C.Moran & B. Øllg.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum montanum (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum moranianum (A.Rojas) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum nesophilum (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum novae-zelandiae (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum obtusum (R.C.Moran & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum pacificum (Lorence & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum paucipinna A.R.Sm.
  • Parablechnum pazense (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum procerum (G.Forst.) C.Presl
  • Parablechnum proliferum (Rosenst.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum prostratum J.Murillo & L.A.Triana
  • Parablechnum puniceum (T.C.Chambers, P.J.Edwards & R.J.Johns) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum reflexum (Rosenst. ex M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum regnellianum (Kunze) G.M.O.Machado & Gasper
  • Parablechnum repens (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum revolutum (Alderw.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum rheophyticum (R.C.Moran) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum roraimense V.A.O.Dittrich & Gasper
  • Parablechnum schiedeanum (Schltdl. ex C.Presl) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum sessilifolium (Klotzsch ex Christ) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum shuariorum S.Molino, J.N.Zapata, Heal & Testo
  • Parablechnum smilodon (M.Kessler & Lehnert) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum squamatum (M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum squamosissimum (A.Rojas) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum stipitellatum (Sodiro) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum striatum (Sw.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich
  • Parablechnum stuebelii (Hieron.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum subcordatum (E.Fourn.) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum talamancanum S.Molino & R.C.Moran
  • Parablechnum tectum J.Murillo & L.A.Triana
  • Parablechnum triangularifolium (T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum tuerckheimii (Brause) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum usterianum (Christ) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum varians (E.Fourn.) Wal, S.Molino & Gabriel y Galán
  • Parablechnum vestitum (Blume) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum wattsii (Tindale) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum werffii (R.C.Moran) Gasper & Salino
  • Parablechnum wohlgemuthii M.Kessler & A.R.Sm.
  • Parablechnum wurunuran (Parris) Gasper & Salino

Hybrid

  • Parablechnum × palmarense J.Murillo & L.A.Triana

References

  1. ^ a b PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, Bibcode:2016JSyEv..54..563., doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
  2. ^ Gasper, André Luís De; Dittrich, Vinícius Antonio De Oliveira; Smith, Alan Reid & Salino, Alexandre (2016-09-21), "A classification for Blechnaceae (Polypodiales: Polypodiopsida): New genera, resurrected names, and combinations", Phytotaxa, 275 (3): 191–227, Bibcode:2016Phytx.275..191G, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.275.3.1, ISSN 1179-3163, retrieved 2019-12-22
  3. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. & Chase, Mark W. (2014), "Trends and concepts in fern classification", Annals of Botany, 113 (9): 571–594, doi:10.1093/aob/mct299, PMC 3936591, PMID 24532607
  4. ^ Hassler, Michael. "Parablechnum". World Ferns. Retrieved 2025-07-15.