Parablechnum capense(Burm.f.) Gasper & Salino

WFO wfo-0001346874 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Parablechnum capense, photographed by Diana Studer
fig. a Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-25 / obs. 200492530
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 194460985
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Di Turner
fig. c Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195012315
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Di Turner
fig. d Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195011686
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Ren Hoekstra
fig. e Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192427540
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 191782933
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175801245
Parablechnum capense, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174152280

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Parablechnum capense is native: Cape Provinces, Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Zimbabwe Cape ProvincesEswatiniKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesZimbabwe
Native distribution of Parablechnum capense, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA
Eswatini SWZ
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Blechnum capense Burm.f.
  • Blechnum capense subsp. capense
  • Blechnum capense var. capense
  • Blechnum capense var. gracile Colenso
  • Blechnum sylvaticum Schelpe
  • Lomaria capensis (L.) Willd.
  • Lomaria capensis Willd.
  • Lomaria capensis f. luxurians Kunze
  • Lonchitis capensis (L.) Farw.
  • Lonchitis-aspera capensis (L.) Farw.
  • Onoclea capensis Thunb.
  • Osmunda capensis L.
  • Spicanta capensis (L.) Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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