Austroblechnum penna-marina

Austroblechnum penna-marina, synonym Blechnum penna-marina,[1] known as Antarctic hard-fern,[3] alpine water fern and pinque (Chilean Spanish), is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae, with a natural range from the Araucanía Region to the south and from the coast to the tree line of the Magellanic forests in Chile and adjacent areas of Argentina. It is also found in New Zealand, Australia and some Pacific islands. It is evergreen and grows to 20 cm (8 in).

Austroblechnum penna-marina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Austroblechnum
Species:
A. penna-marina
Binomial name
Austroblechnum penna-marina
(Poir.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich [1]
Synonyms[2][1]
  • Acrostichum polytrichoides Thouars
  • Blechnum alpinum (R.Br.) Mett.
  • Blechnum hillii C.Chr.
  • Blechnum parvifolium (Colenso) C.Chr.
  • Blechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Kuhn
  • Blechnum uliginosum (Phil.) C.Chr.
  • Lomaria alpina (R.Br.) Spreng.
  • Lomaria antarctica Carmich.
  • Lomaria distans Colenso
  • Lomaria linearis CoI.
  • Lomaria parvifolia Colenso
  • Lomaria penna-marina (Poir.) Trevis.
  • Lomaria polypodioides Desv.ex Gaudich.
  • Lomaria pumila Raoul
  • Lomaria trichomanoides Desv.
  • Lomaria uliginosa Phil.
  • Lonchitis penna-marina (Poir.) Farw.
  • Lonchitis-aspera penna-marina (Poir.) Farw.
  • Polypodium penna-marina Poir.
  • Spicanta penna-marina (Poir.) Kuntze
  • Spicanta pumila (Raoul) Kuntze
  • Stegania alpina R.Br.
  • Struthiopteris distans (Colenso) Ching
  • Struthiopteris penna-marina (Poir.) Maxon & Morton

In cultivation this hardy species has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Austroblechnum penna-marina ssp. penna-marina", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-22
  2. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Austroblechnum penna-marina ssp. alpina", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-12-22
  3. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "RHS Plant Selector Blechnum penna-marina AGM / RHS Gardening". Apps.rhs.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-12-24. Retrieved 2012-09-09.

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