Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
BLECHNUM (G)
Deer Ferns (Le)
Family: BLECHNACEAE
blechon, = pennyroyal.
blechnon, = a fern.
(LS, Pza)
Blechnum attenuatum (La)
Giant Hard-Fern, Waterval varing (Ro) Large Deer Fern (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
attenuo, = to make thin or weak; to thin, attenuate; to weaken, enfeeble; to lessen, diminish;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(shortened, concise)
attenuatus, = enfeebled, weakened, reduced, weak.
(gradually diminishing in breadth)
(ld, BL)
Blechnum australe (La)
Southern Deer Fern (PS)
Location: (P)
australis, = southern.
(ld)
Blechnum capense (La)
Palm leaf fern, Kaapse vleivaring (Ro) Cape Deer Fern (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)
Blechnum giganteum [Now B. attenuatum)] (La)
Large Deer Fern (PS)
Location: (K)
Gigantes, = the fabled sons of Earth and Tartarue, giants with snakes for legs, who stormed the heavens, but were smitten by Jupiter with lightning and buried under Ӕtna.
Giganteus, = of or belonging to the giants; gigantic.
(giant, gigantic, very large)
(ld, BL)
Blechnum punctulatum var. punctulatum (La)
Glossy hard-fern, Blinkblaar bosvaring (Ro) Glossy Deer Fern (PS)
Location: (F, K)
pungo, = to prick, puncture; to sting; vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy;
punctus, punctum, = pricked in, like a point; that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture; small spot;
(point, position, dot, small spot)
-ulus, = diminutive;
punctulum, = a slight prick; a small point;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(minutely dotted)
(ld, BL)
Blechnum tabulare (La)
Mountain hard-fern, Vals boomvaring (Ro) Mountain Deer Fern (PS)
Location: (F, K)
tabula, = a board, plank;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
tabularis, = flattened horizontally, plate like, (in geographical epithets) growing on Table Mountain, South Africa).
(ld, BL)