Parablechnum chilense(Kaulf.) Gasper & Salino

WFO wfo-0001346876 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. a Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-21 / obs. 190478256
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. b Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185843694
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. c Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191107755
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. d Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191107770
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. e Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191107787
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. f Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185074356
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. g Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185074405
Parablechnum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. h Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188360039

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Parablechnum chilense is native: Falkland Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Juan Fernández Is. Falkland Is.Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthChile CentralChile South
Native distribution of Parablechnum chilense, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Chile Central CLC
Chile South CLS
Juan Fernández Is. JNF
Falkland Is. FAL ANTARCTICA

Not drawn on the map: Juan Fernández Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

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 7 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 chilense (Kaulf.) Mett.
  • Blechnum chilense f. imbricatum G.Kunkel
  • Blechnum chilense var. reedei (Phil.) Looser
  • Blechnum reedei (Phil.) Espinosa
  • Lomaria chilensis Kaulf.
  • Lomaria reedei Phil.
  • Lonchitis-aspera capensis var. chilensis (Kaulf.) Farw.

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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