Blechnum
Translingual
Etymology
Seemingly a New Latin alteration of Ancient Greek βλῆχνον n (blêkhnon, “Dryopteris filix-mas, the male fern”).
Proper noun
Blechnum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Blechnaceae – hard ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Polypodiales – order; Blechnaceae – family; Blechnoideae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Blechnum occidentale (hammock fern) – type species
References
- “Blechnum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Blechnum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Blechnum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Blechnum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons