Blechnum durum

Blechnum durum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida /; Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order:	Athyriales
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Blechnum ; L.
Species:	B. durum
Binomial name
	Blechnum durum; (T.Moore) C.Chr.
Synonyms
	Lomaria dura T. Moore, 1866.; Lomaria rigida J.Sm., 1866.; Spicanta dura (T.Moore) Kuntze, 1891.; Struthiopteris dura (T.Moore) Ching, 1940.;

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Blechnum durum in the hard fern genus is within the family Blechnaceae.^[3] This fern has a somewhat restricted range in coastal forests from south of Okuru and the Haast River eastward to the Catlins area of the South Island, New Zealand. B. durum also is found on Stewart Island in the mixed hardwood/podocarp forest floor in association with Blechnum blechnoides, Blechnum chambersii and Blechnum colensoi.^[4]

Description

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This fern was first described by Moore in The Gardeners' Chronicle in 1866.^[5] His description was based on a cultivated specimen collected by Henry H. Travers on the Chatham Islands in 1871.^[6]

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C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
Peter Wardle. 1991. Vegetation of New Zealand, Published by CUP Archive, ISBN 0-521-25873-1, ISBN 978-0-521-25873-9, 672 pages

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