Blechnaceae

Blechnaceae
Struthiopteris spicant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Newman[1]
Type genus
Blechnum
Subfamilies and genera

See text.

Synonyms[2]
  • Stenochlaenaceae Ching 1978
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Blechnopsis orientalis. The young opening fronds of many species are usually tinged with red.

Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family has 24 genera, and excludes genera placed in the separate family Onocleaceae. The family is divided into three subfamilies, including Blechnoideae s.s.[1] Alternatively, the entire family may be treated as the subfamily Blechnoideae s.l. of a very broadly defined family Aspleniaceae, and include genera others place in Onocleaceae.[2]

  1. ^ a b PPG I 2016.
  2. ^ a b Christenhusz & Chase 2014.