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Accession Data:

Doodia caudata (Cav.) R. Br.

  • Common Name: Small Rasp Fern
  • Family: Blechnaceae (C. Presl) Copel.

  • Country of Origin: Australia to New Zealand
  • Habitat: temperate to subtropical terrestrial fern

  • Description: "Rhizome short-creeping or tufted, covered with dark scales.

    Fronds almost erect to decumbent, dimorphic, narrow-lanceolate, 15–30 cm high; stipe short, pale but dark towards base; lamina dark green, almost membranous to ± leathery, 1-pinnatifid to 1-petiole or axis; also applied to how the lateral veins are arranged in relation to the main vein.">pinnate with more than 1 pair of pinnae free, sessile to shortly stalked.

    Sori in 1 row on each side of midrib and close to it, variable, ± circular to elongate, 1.5–2 mm long, becoming confluent with age."1

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900039
  • Source: AFS Spore Bank
  • Accession Date: 05-13-1999
  • Bench: 2311 - New Zealand/Australia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-29-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Aspleniineae
  • Family: Blechnaceae
  • SubFamily: Blechnoideae
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies

References (external):

  1. New South Wales FLORA ONLINE
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:27:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Blechnaceae

  • Sadleria cyatheoides

Subfamily Blechnoideae

  • Blechnum gracile W/C
  • Doodia caudata
  • Doodia media

Subfamily Stenochlaenoideae

  • Stenochlaena palustris
  • Stenochlaena tenuifolia

Subfamily Woodwardioideae

  • Woodwardia japonica
W/C = Wild Collected
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