Telmatoblechnum serrulatum(Rich.) Perrie, D.J.Ohlsen & Brownsey

WFO wfo-0001340533 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. a Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197945085
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. b Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197946062
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. c Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190518241
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Jay Pruett
fig. d Jay Pruett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 187352829
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. e Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177070962
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Scott Allen Davis
fig. f Scott Allen Davis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175823632
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by JG
fig. g JG, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182886784
Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, photographed by Judy Gallagher
fig. h Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 171907231

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Telmatoblechnum serrulatum is native: Florida, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Argentina Northeast, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. FloridaMexico GulfMexico SoutheastArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Telmatoblechnum serrulatum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bahamas BAH
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT

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 9 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.

  • Blechnopsis serrulata C.Presl
  • Blechnum serrulatum Rich.
  • Blechnum serrulatum f. nanum Hassl.
  • Blechnum serrulatum var. crespianum Bosco
  • Blechnum serrulatum var. distans Christ
  • Blechnum serrulatum var. stierii Rosenst.
  • Blechnum stierii Rosenst.
  • Salpichlaena serrulata Trevis.
  • Spicanta serrulata 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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