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047.0000 Family Blechnaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. 2: 8 (1844)
7-24 genera, ca. 260 spp. Systematics following revision of Gasper et al. (2016)
Species listed in database: 276; hybrids: 11
047.3002 Genus Brainea J.Sm.; Cat. Ferns Kew 5 (1856)
Distribution: Trop. Asia
Species listed in database: 1
= Bowringia Hook.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 237 (1853)
species :
Brainea insignis (Hook.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. 5: 237, t. 2 (1856)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Macao, Yunnan); Taiwan; NE-India (Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu, Pahang, Johor); N-Sumatra; Philippines; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Wetar, Lombok)
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 LSI MLY PHI SUM
Conservation Status: very rare in Taiwan. IUCN NT for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Blechnum insigne (Hook.) C.M.Kuo; Taiwania 30: 67 (1985)
= Bowringia insignis Hook.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 5: 237 (1853)
= Brainea formosana Hayata; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 237 (1928)
= Brainea insignis var. formosana (Hayata) Tagawa; J. Jap. Bot. 12: 542 (1936)
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