Aspleniaceae
Blechnum

Blechnum cordatum (Desv.) Hieron.

First published in Hedwigia 47: 239 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. South America, Falkland Islands. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Guyana, Juan Fernández Is., Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Great Britain, Ireland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. [Cited as Parablechnum cordatum.]

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.org

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2004 Anderson, W.R.; Stieber, M.T.; Kirkbride, J.H., Jr. [35577] Brazil K000954310 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000954317 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Ratter, J.A. [4766] Brazil K000954311 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Burchell [2245] Brazil K000954322 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Gardner [143] Brazil K000954321 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000954316 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Lindberg, C. [614] Brazil K000954320 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Parodi, D. [81] Brazil K000954315 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Glaziou, A.F.M. [7941] Brazil K000954319 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Brade, A.C.; Barbosa, A. [17969] Brazil K000954318 Yes
Aug 1, 2004 Anderson, W.R.; Arroyo, M.T.K.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [6299] Brazil K000954312 Yes
Jan 1, 2004 Sandeman, C. [s.n.] Brazil K000954313 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Gardner [5934] Brazil K000954323 Yes
Gillies [s.n.] K000633398 Type Yes
Sandeman, C. [s.n.] Brazil K000954314 Yes
Nov 1, 1976 Duarte, A.P. [6285] Brazil Blechnum itatiaiense K000954381 Yes
Feb 1, 1976 Travassos, O.P. [405] Brazil Blechnum itatiaiense K000954380 Yes
Jan 1, 1953 Brade, A.C. [17043] Brazil Blechnum itatiaiense K000954379 Yes
Jan 1, 1951 Brade, A.C. [20770] Brazil Blechnum itatiaiense K000954378 Yes
Brade, A.C. [12621] Brazil Blechnum euraddianum K000954326 Yes
Schwacke [12322] Brazil Blechnum euraddianum K000954327 Yes
Brade, A.C.; Barbosa, A.; Duarte, A.P. [18208] Brazil Blechnum euraddianum K000954328 Yes
Jan 25, 1978 Sellow [s.n.] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954209 Yes
Jan 25, 1978 Fox [110] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954206 Yes
Jan 25, 1978 Glaziou, A. [7009] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954210 Yes
Jan 25, 1978 Burchell [482] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954208 Yes
Jan 25, 1978 Gardner [5933] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954212 Yes
Jan 25, 1978 Smith, L.B. [1647] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954211 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Spruce, R. [4633] Peru Blechnum arborescens K000006850 Yes
Baker [s.n.] Brazil Blechnum arborescens K000954207 Yes
Moritz [300] Colombia Blechnum arborescens K000633416 Type Yes
Moritz [300] Colombia Blechnum arborescens K000633417 Isotype Yes
Warrington, J. F.; Burras, K. Woodhams, J. R.; Edwards, P. J. [K.E.R. 126] Guyana Blechnum regnellianum K001766225 Yes
Warrington, J. F.; Burras, K. Woodhams, J. R.; Edwards, P. J. [K.E.R. 126] Guyana Blechnum regnellianum K001766226 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0