''Blotiella'' is a genus of
fern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...
s in the family
Dennstaedtiaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae is one of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes (ferns). It comprises 10 genera with ca 240 known species, including one of the world's most abundant ferns, ''Pteridium aquilin ...
described as a genus in 1962.
[Christenhusz ''et al.'' "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns"]
''Phytotaxa'' 19: 7-54. 18 Feb. 2011 The genus was named in honor of
Marie Laure Tardieu-Blot (1902–1998), who was a French
pteridologist #REDIRECTFern
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Ferns
Pteridologist #REDIRECTFern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The ...
.
It was first published in Contr. Gray Herb. vol.191 on page 96 in 1962 by
Rolla Milton Tryon.
Species
As accepted by Kew;
# - Rwanda to Burundi
# - western tropical Africa
# - Tanzania
# - Madagascar
# - Uganda to Angola
# - central Africa
# - Madagascar, E + S Africa
# - Kenya, Tanzania
# - Madagascar
# - Madagascar
# - Central - South America
# - Madagascar
# - Cameroon
# - Madagascar
# - E + SE + S Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros
# - Madagascar
# - Madagascar, tropical Africa
# - Zambia
# - Kenya, Tanzania
# - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic
# - Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania
References
Dennstaedtiaceae
Fern genera
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