Parablechnum cordatum(Desv.) Gasper & Salino

WFO wfo-0001346882 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Parablechnum cordatum, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. a Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / 2021-06-30 / obs. 162857171
Parablechnum cordatum, photographed by Jerry Lanfear
fig. b Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139738216
Parablechnum cordatum, photographed by Lera Miles
fig. c Lera Miles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2401698
Parablechnum cordatum, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. d Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 162857197
Parablechnum cordatum, photographed by Jerry Lanfear
fig. e Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 139738249
Parablechnum cordatum, photographed by Lera Miles
fig. f Lera Miles, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 2401699

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Parablechnum cordatum is native: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela Argentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaEcuadorGuyanaParaguayPeruVenezuela
Native distribution of Parablechnum cordatum, 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
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Ecuador ECU
Guyana GUY
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Venezuela VEN

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 25 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 arborescens Noronha
  • Blechnum arborescens (Klotzsch & H.Karst.) Hieron.
  • Blechnum arborescens var. subspinuloso-serrulata Hieron.
  • Blechnum capense f. pumilum Rosenst. ex Hassl.
  • Blechnum capense var. ornifolium Domin
  • Blechnum cordatum (Desv.) Hieron.
  • Blechnum euraddianum Brade
  • Blechnum gilliesii (Hook. & Grev.) Mett.
  • Blechnum itatiaiense Brade
  • Blechnum macahense Brade
  • Blechnum ornifolium (C.Presl) Ettingsh.
  • Blechnum peruvianum Hieron.
  • Blechnum raddianum Rosenst.
  • Blechnum regnellianum C.Chr.
  • Blechnum regnellianum var. elatius Sehnem
  • Blechnum simile Sehnem
  • Lomaria arborescens Klotzsch & H.Karst.
  • Lomaria cordata Desv.
  • Lomaria gilliesii Hook. & Grev.
  • Lomaria ornifolia C.Presl
  • Lomaria regnelliana Kunze
  • Lomaria serrulosa Desv.
  • Orthogramma gilliesii C.Presl
  • Spicanta capensis var. gilliesii (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze

and 1 more.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.