Two new species of the fern genus Blechnum with partially anastomosing veins from northern Brazil

Systematic Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-42

  Dittrich, Vinícius Antonio De Oliveira ^a   Salino, Alexandre ^b   Almeida, Thais Elias ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blechnaceae; Brazilian Amazon; monilophytes; Neotropics; pteridophytes; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BLECHNACEAE; BLECHNUM; BLECHNUM LANCEOLA; BLECHNUM OCCIDENTALE; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 84860112149     PISSN: 03636445     EISSN: 15482324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1600/036364412X616602     Document Type: Article

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