''Austroblechnum lanceolatum'',
synonym
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''Blechnum chambersii'',
[ is a species of ]fern
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within the family Blechnaceae
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, found in Australia
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, New Zealand
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, Samoa
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and Fiji
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. It is indigenous to Australia and New Zealand.
''A. lanceolatum'' is commonly called lance water fern, and in New Zealand it is also referred to by its Māori
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names, nini and rereti.
Description
A medium-sized fern with tufted fronds 85-700mm in length. The fronds are strongly dimorphic with differing sterile and fertile fronds. Both frond types are 15-115mm wide.
Distribution
''A. lanceolatum'' is found in the southeast of Australia
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as well as on Samoa
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, Fiji
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and on the North Island
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of New Zealand
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and in many of the coastal forests of South Island
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of New Zealand.
It is the host species for the New Zealand endemic moth '' Batrachedra litterata.''
References
Blechnaceae
Ferns of Australasia
Ferns of Oceania
Ferns of New Zealand
Ferns of Australia
Flora of Fiji
Flora of New South Wales
Flora of Samoa
Flora of American Samoa
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Victoria (state)
Flora of Tasmania
Plants described in 1810
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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