Family · Ferns & allies

Blechnaceae

Chain ferns

Ferns often with reddish young fronds and linear sori in chain-like rows parallel to the midrib.

Accepted species

≈265approximate — no sourced value yet

Origin

≈16 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

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Plants you might know

• Blechnum
• Woodwardia

Related families

Blechnaceae sits in the order Polypodiales.

• PolypodiaceaePolypodies4,578
• AspleniaceaeSpleenworts3,534
• DryopteridaceaeWood ferns2,100
• PteridaceaeBrake ferns, maidenhair1,494
• ThelypteridaceaeMarsh ferns1,030
• AthyriaceaeLady ferns650
• DennstaedtiaceaeBracken282
• LindsaeaceaeLindsaea ferns270
• TectariaceaeHalberd ferns230
• LomariopsidaceaeLomariopsis ferns70
• DavalliaceaeHare's-foot ferns65
• OleandraceaeOleandra ferns40
• CystopteridaceaeBladder ferns37
• WoodsiaceaeCliff ferns35
• HypodematiaceaeHypodematium ferns30
• SaccolomataceaeSaccoloma ferns28
• NephrolepidaceaeBoston fern19
• RhachidosoraceaeRhachidosorus ferns8
• OnocleaceaeSensitive & ostrich ferns5
• DiplaziopsidaceaeDiplaziopsis ferns4
• CystodiaceaeCystodium fern2
• LonchitidaceaeLonchitis ferns2
• DesmophlebiaceaeDesmophlebium fern2
• DidymochlaenaceaeDidymochlaena fern2