Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Blechnum polypodioides Raddi

helecho, narrowleaf midsorus fern

Blechnum polypodioides Raddi Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.
Blechnum polypodioides Raddi Photo: Joseph Weirich, CDF, 2012.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Athyriales

Family
Blechnaceae

Genus
Blechnum

Species
polypodioides

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Asplenium blechnoides Lag. ex Sw.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

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  • Mickel, J.T. Beitel, J.M. (1988) Pteridophyte Flora of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 46: 1–568.
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  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Jäger, H. Tye, A., Kowarik, I. (2007) Tree invasion in naturally treeless environments: Impacts of quinine (Cinchona pubescens) trees on native vegetation in Galápagos Institute of Ecology, Department of Ecosystem Sciences and Plant Ecology, Technical University Berlin, Rothenburgstr. 12, 12165 Berlin, Germany.
  • Itow, S. (1987) Comunidades Herbaceas y Ericaceas en las tierras altas de Santa Cruz Islas Galápagos. Pg. 52 - 65. Memorias: Taller sobre investigación Botánica y manejo en Galápagos.
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (1987) Los Helechos como indicadores de tipos de vegetación en las Islas Galápagos. Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.88-103

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"Galapagos Species Database, Blechnum polypodioides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=41. Accessed 5 December 2024.