Blechnum gracile Kaulf., Enum. Filic.

Smith, Alan R. & Kessler, Michael, 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXIII. Blechnaceae, Phytotaxa 334 (2), pp. 99-117 : 103-104

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Blechnum gracile Kaulf., Enum. Filic.
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Blechnum gracile Kaulf., Enum. Filic. View in CoL 158. 1824.

= Blechnum fraxineum auct., non Willd.

Range:— West Indies; southern Mexico to Bolivia (CO, LP, SC), Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Ecology:— Fairly common; terrestrial in humid forests, especially along river and stream margins, on clay banks, and on wet boulders; 600–2000 m.

Notes:— The terminal pinnae often have subcordate bases and/or 1 or 2 semicircular proximal lobes. Possibly hybridizes with Blechnum occidentale and B. appendiculatum .

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