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Brainea
Sign in to saveBrainea is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, with a single species Brainea insignis, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is accepted in a 2016 classification of the family Blechnaceae, but other sources sink it into a very broadly defined Blechnum, equivalent to the whole of the PPG I subfamily.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyBlechnaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 16
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Collections
- US, F, YPM, VT
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, China, Taiwan
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Brainea insignis - 蘇鐵蕨 by 石川 Shihchuan - 001.jpg
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- Category:Brainea
- Commons category
- Brainea
- taxon common name
- 苏铁蕨属
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Brainea is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, with a single species Brainea insignis, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is accepted in a 2016 classification of the family Blechnaceae, but other sources sink it into a very broadly defined Blechnum, equivalent to the whole of the PPG I subfamily.
==References==
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