Blechnum orientale

Blechnum orientale L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1077 1077 1753. (syn: Asplenium orientale (L.) Bernh. ; Blechnopsis orientalis (L.) C.Presl ; Salpichlaena orientalis (L.) Fée ; Spicanta orientalis (L.) Kuntze ;
 Blechnopsis adnata (Reinw. ex de Vriese) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis cumingiana C.Presl ; Blechnopsis elongata C.Presl ; Blechnopsis imbricata (Blume) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis javanica (Blume) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis longifolia (Cav.) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis nitida (C.Presl) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis pectinata (C.Presl) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis pyrophila (Blume) C.Presl ; Blechnopsis salicifolia (Kaulf.) C.Presl ;Blechnopsis stenophylla C.Presl ; Blechnum adnatum Reinw. ex de Vriese ; Blechnum agrostifolium Goldm. ; Blechnum auritum Goldm. ; Blechnum elongatum Gaudich. ; Blechnum elongatum C.Presl ; Blechnum imbricatum Blume ; Blechnum javanicum Blume ; Blechnum lomarioides Gaudich. ; Blechnum longifolium Cav. ; Blechnum longifolium var. robustius Hook. ; Blechnum macrophyllum Goldm. ; Blechnum moluccanum Roxb. ; Blechnum nitidum C.Presl ; Blechnum nitidum C.Presl ; Blechnum orientale var. grande B.K.Nayar & Geev. ; Blechnum orientale var. undulatum Hook. ; Blechnum pectinatum C.Presl ; Blechnum pyrophyllum Blume ; Blechnum salicifolium Kaulf. ; Blechnum stenophyllum (C.Presl) Fée ; Salpichlaena adnata (Reinw. ex de Vriese) Trevis. ; Salpichlaena cumingiana (C.Presl) Fée ; Salpichlaena elongata Trevis. ; Salpichlaena imbricata (Blume) Trevis. ; Salpichlaena longifolia (Cav.) Trevis. ; Salpichlaena nitida (C.Presl) Trevis. ; Salpichlaena pectinata (C.Presl) Trevis. ; Salpichlaena pyrophylla (Blume) Trevis. ; Salpichlaena stenophylla (C.Presl) Trevis. ; Spicanta elongata (C.Presl) Kuntze);
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Pteris sp. from Kamrup district, Assam:
Attached images are Pteris sp. collected from Kamrup district. Sorus are not found during collection. So. I have not send the images of the ventral surface of sporophyll.
Date : 21.12.2012

Location: Kamrup district, Assam
Family : Pteridaceae
Genus & species : Pteris sp.
Habitat: Grows wild on hilly slopes
Habit : Herb
Sporophyte : Sorus not found

Blechnum sps. , possibly Blechnum orientale.

No, that’s Blechnum orientale. The only generally similar Pteris is P. vittata (subsp. vittata in Kamrup), which has more, more crowded and narrower pinnae and only gradually reducing at the base, not suddenly so (and young fronds are not pink, then yellow, as in the Blechnum). When fertile they are easy to distinguish as the Blechnum has sori a bit apart from the costa, not at the edge as in P. vittata – but these photos are only young, small plants so not fertile yet.
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SK1252 03 JUL 2018 : 10 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)
Location:  Durpin Dada, Kalimpong, WB, India
Date: 15 May 2018
Altitude: 4500 ft.
Habit : Wild.
it may be Blechnum orientale, please check
Thank you …! Looks matching.
Blechnopsis orientalis (L.) C. Presl
Nepali Name: हत्ता जोरी  Hatta Joree
However, I wish validation from …

blechnum orientale

Sterile fronds, sori not shown, frond upper part – not the characteristic base. Almost no diagnostic characters shown in the photo!
See Khullar vol. 2, pg 474-475 (2000).
How about running through the books and seeing if you can identify some of these things yourself, with a tentative name?  Take the next step!

Sorry I could not capture as expected.

To me looks different from images at Blechnum orientale

If that’s the same poor photo without bases shown, yes, I did already identify it as B. orientale.

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Blechnum orientale L. SN18420a : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb.
Blechnum orientale L.
A wild fern with pinnate long frond (leaf), sporangia along the mid rib.

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? Blechnum orientale: 4 high res. images.
Location: South west maharashtra– W. ghats. near Amboli, along stream banks, single. 

DATE:Jan 2022
size of fronds- upto 60cm.

Blechnum – I assume it’s juvenile B. orientale?

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