Struthiopteris
Blechnum (hard fern) is a genus of between 150–220 species of ferns with a cosmopolitan distribution, in the family Blechnaceae in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales. By far the greatest species diversity is in tropical regions of the Southern Hemisphere, with only a few species reaching cool temperate latitudes in the Southern Hemisphere (notably B. penna-marina, south to Cape Horn, Chile, the southernmost fern in the world) and Northern Hemisphere (notably B. spicant,...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
deer fern
speciesStruthiopteris spicant
Japanese deer fern
speciesStruthiopteris niponica
Taiwanese Deer Fern
speciesStruthiopteris hancockii
Struthiopteris amabilis
speciesStruthiopteris amabilis
Struthiopteris castanea
speciesStruthiopteris castanea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 489052.