Blechnum gibbum (Labill.) Mett. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Blechnum gibbum (Labill.) Mett.

Synonym of Oceaniopteris gibba (Labill.) Gasper &Salino

Summary

Genus:

Blechnum

Family:

Blechnaceae

Subfamily:

Blechnoideae

Nomen number:

463514

Place of publication:

Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 4, 15:68. 1861

Verified:

07/24/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Braithwaite, A. F. 1975. The phytogeographical relationships and origin of the New Hebrides fern flora. Philos. Trans., Ser. B 272:293-313.
Hoshizaki, B. J. & R. C. Moran. Fern grower's manual. Revised and expanded edition. 2001
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Shepherd, L. F. et al. 2007. A molecular phylogeny for the New Zealand Blechnaceae ferns from analyses of chloroplast trnL-trnF DNA sequences. New Zealand J. Bot. 45:67-80.

Common names

Swedish
palmbräken –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	New Caledonia
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Vanuatu
2	Cultivated

Native
Pacific

SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia, Vanuatu

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Hoshizaki, B. J. & R. C. Moran. Fern grower's manual. Revised and expanded edition. 2001

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=463514. Accessed 25 July 2025.