Aspleniaceae
Blechnum

Blechnum occidentale L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1077 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Azores, Bermuda, Hawaii, India, Queensland, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

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

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • 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

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

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 Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2015). Listado de especies de Productos No Maderables del caribe colombiano. 366 registros, aportados por: Garcia, H. (Contacto del Recurso), López Camacho, R. (Creador del recurso), Espitia Palencia, L. (Proveedor del metadatos). Versión 2.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_bst-caribe_plantae_2015
  • 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?
Jan 1, 2013 Heringer, E.P.; Paula, J.E., de; Mendonça, R.C.; Salles, A.E.H. [17041] Brazil K000902126 Yes
Jan 1, 2013 Stannard, B.L.; Guedes, M.L.; Woodgyer, E.M. [2591] Brazil K000902127 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Oliveira, M.; Silva, L.F.; Inácio, E. [167] Brazil K000902123 Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Amaral, I.L.; Silva, M.N.; Monteiro, O.P.; Lima, J.; Brako, L.; Reese, W.D.; Dibben, M.J. [898] Brazil K000902231 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Anderson, W.R.; Hill, S.R.; Santos, R.R.; Souza, R. [9956] Brazil K000902125 Yes
Nov 11, 1977 Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000902882 Yes
Nov 11, 1977 Preitors, P.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000902875 Yes
Nov 8, 1977 s.coll. [315] Brazil K000902865 Yes
Apr 1, 1975 Sucre, D.; Braga, P.I.S. [2590] Brazil K000902115 Yes
Apr 1, 1975 Sucre, D. [1683] Brazil K000902114 Yes
Apr 1, 1975 Ichaso, C.L.F. [111] Brazil K000902877 Yes
Jan 1, 1971 Irwin, H.S.; Fonseca, S.F.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R.; Ramos, J. [26864] Brazil K000902124 Yes
Jan 1, 1970 Irwin, H.S.; Souza, R.; Santos, R.R. [10793] Brazil K000902862 Yes
Jan 1, 1964 Sandeman, C. [s.n.] Brazil K000902118 Yes
Jan 1, 1944 Heringer, E.P. [1360] Brazil K000902109 Yes
Jan 1, 1872 s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000902883 Yes
Degener, O.; Park, K.K. [5642] K000722655 No
Miers, J. [176] Brazil K000902116 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000902871 Yes
Sodiro, L. [33/3] K000633426 Type Yes
Traill, J.W.H. [1353] Brazil K000902864 Yes
Spruce, R. [5330] Ecuador K000006874 Yes
Smith, L.B. [1340] Brazil K000902861 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4416] Brazil K000902108 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K000902111 Yes
Perea, J.; Flores, V. [2279] Peru K001636520 Yes
[Miens, J.] Brazil K001766215 Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Brazil K000633408 Type Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [4836] Brazil K000902107 Yes
Galeotti, H. [6285?] Mexico K001766227 Yes
Valerio, M. [130] Costa Rica K001766220 Yes
Sellow [s.n.] Brazil K000902878 Yes
Burchell [5930] Brazil K000902869 Yes
Glaziou [4378] Brazil K000902859 Yes
Neal, M.C. [s.n.] K000722654 No
Williams, L. [12285] Venezuela K001766210 Yes
Jürgens., L.C. [262] Brazil K000633404 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jürgens., L.C. [262] Brazil K000633406 Isotype Yes
Burchell [1183] Brazil K000902868 Yes
Bolland, G. [s.n.] Brazil K000902112 Yes
Wilson, K.A. [5] K000722656 No
Cunningham [s.n.] Brazil K000902120 Yes
Guatemala K000633389 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [7943] Brazil K000902117 Yes
Ranil, R.H.G. [1261] Sri Lanka K001069308 No
Brazil K000633407 Type Yes
s.coll. [5363] Brazil K000633403 Isotype Yes
Galeotti, H.G. [6397] Mexico K000633391 Type Yes
Blanchet [2456] Brazil K000902880 Yes
Gardner [48] Brazil K000902874 Yes
Burchell [990] Brazil K000902867 Yes
Wilson, D.G. [6431] Brazil K000902122 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Ecuador K000006873 Yes
Gardner [1903] Brazil K000902860 Yes
Glaziou, A.F.M. [7241] Brazil K000902113 Yes
Rosenstock [s.n.] K000633405 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moore, T. [s.n.] K001092772 Holotype Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [6280] Brazil K000902866 Yes
Preston, T.A. [s.n.] Brazil K000902884 Yes
s.coll. [1686] K000902881 Yes
Croxall, J.P. [399] Brazil K000902121 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [184] Brazil K000902119 Yes
Liebmann [s.n.] Mexico K000633388 Type Yes
[Irwing] [s.n.] K000902879 Yes
Morley, H. [127] K000722653 No
Traill, J.W.H. [1353] Brazil K000902863 Yes
Poeppig [s.n.] K000633390 Type Yes
Fox [126] Brazil K000902872 Yes
Irwin, H.S. [2697] Brazil K000902110 Yes
Martius [371] Brazil K000902873 Yes
H. [s.n.] Brazil K000902870 Yes
Gardner [1903] Brazil K000902876 Yes

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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