Cranfillia geniculata

Blechnum geniculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Pteridopsida
Order:	Athyriales
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Blechnum
Species:	B. geniculatum
Binomial name
	Blechnum geniculatum; T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant

Blechnum geniculatum is a fern in the Blechnaceae family. The specific epithet refers to the geniculate (sharply bent) base of the sterile fronds.^[1]

Description

The plant is a terrestrial or lithophytic fern. The creeping rhizome has dense apical scales. Its fronds are 10–25 cm long and 7–15 cm wide.^[1]

Distribution and habitat

The fern is endemic to Australia’s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It grows on moist, shaded banks in cloud forest on the summits of Mounts Gower and Lidgbird, where it is rare.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Blechnum geniculatum ". Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994). Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). Retrieved 2014-01-27. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

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