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The genus Blechnum is in the family Blechnaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

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Species in Blechnum

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Blechnum acutum (Desv.) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum andinum (Baker) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum appendiculatum Willd.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum arcuatum J. Rémy & Fée	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum articulatum (F. Muell.) S.B. Andrews	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum asperum Sturm	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum asplenioides Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum atropurpureum A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum attenuatum (Sw.) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum auratum (Fée) R.M. Tryon & Stolze	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum austrobrasilianum de la Sota	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum bakeri C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum binervatum (Poir.) C.V. Morton & Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum blechnoides (Bory) Keyserl.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum brasiliense Desv.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum capense (L.) Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum × caudatum Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum chiriquanum (Broadh.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum christii C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum cordatum (Desv.) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum corralense Esp. Bustos	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum cycadifolium Sturm	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum dendrophilum (Sodiro) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum divergens (Kunze) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum eburneum H. Christ	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum ensiforme (Liebm.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum falciforme (Liebm.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum fernandezianum (Looser) Prada & Rolleri	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum floresii (Sodiro) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum fragile (Liebm.) C.V. Morton & Lellinger	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum giganteum (Kaulf.) Schltdl.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum gracile Kaulf.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum gracilipes (Rosenst.) M. Kessler & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum hancockii Hance	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum hastatum Kaulf.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum integripinnulum Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum ivohibense C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum jamaicense (Broadh.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum laevigatum Cav.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum lanceola Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum lechleri Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum lehmannii Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum lherminieri (Bory) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum lima Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum lineatum (Sw.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum longicauda C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum loxense (Kunth) Hook. ex Salomon	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum ludificans Herter	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum magellanicum Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum malacothrix Maxon & C.V. Morton	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum maxonii (Broadh.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum melanocaulon (Brack.) T.C. Chambers & P.A. Farrant	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum melanopus Hook.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum meridense Klotzsch	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum microbasis (Baker) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum microphyllum (Goldm.) C.V. Morton	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum monomorphum R.C. Moran & B. Øllg.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum moranianum A. Rojas	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum nigrocostatum A. Rojas	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum nigrum (Coleman) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum nipponicum Makino	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum obtusifolium Ettingsh.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum occidentale L.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum orientale L.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum patersonii (R. Br.) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum penna-marina (Poir.) Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum petiolare (Sodiro) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum plumieri (Desv.) Mett.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum polypodioides Raddi	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum proliferum Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum puberulum (Sodiro) A. Rojas	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum punctulatum Sw.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum rheophyticum R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum rimbachii (Sodiro) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum sampaioanum Brade	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum schiedeanum (Schltdl. ex C. Presl) Hieron.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum schomburgkii (Klotzsch) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum schottii C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum serrulatum Rich.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum sessilifolium (Klotzsch ex H. Christ) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum simillimum (Baker) Diels	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum socialis Sodiro	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum sodiroi C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum spannagelii Rosenst.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum spicant (L.) Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum sprucei C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum squamipes (Hieron.) M. Kessler & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum stipitellatum (Sodiro) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum stoloniferum (Mett. ex E. Fourn.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum striatum (Sw.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum tabulare (Thunb.) Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum underwoodianum (Broadh.) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum usterianum (H. Christ) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum vestitum (Blume) Kuhn	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum wardiae Mickel & Beitel	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum werckleanum (H. Christ) C. Chr.	Accepted		TRO
Blechnum werffii R.C. Moran	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 447 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Blechnum. Of these 97 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 51 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Blechnum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 447 species names for the genus Blechnum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	97	21.7%
◕	Synonym	118	26.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	232	51.9%

All names

The status of the 498 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Blechnum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	20.7%
◕	Synonym	161	32.3%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	234	47.0%

The confidence with which the status of the 447 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Blechnum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	96	111	0	0	207	46.3%
	Low confidence	1	7	0	232	240	53.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Blechnum, are as follows: