Biology:Austroblechnum penna-marina

Austroblechnum penna-marina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Austroblechnum
Species:	A. penna-marina
Binomial name
	Austroblechnum penna-marina; (Poir.) Gasper & V.A.O.Dittrich
Synonyms
	Lomaria pumila Thouars ; Poir. Blechnum alpinum; (R.Br.) Mett. Blechnum hillii; C.Chr. Blechnum parvifolium; (Colenso) C.Chr. (Poir.) Kuhn ; (Phil.) C.Chr. (R.Br.) Spreng. ; Carmich. CoI. ; (Poir.) Trevis. Raoul ; Phil. (Poir.) Kuntze ; (Poir.) Maxon & Morton Lonchitis penna-marina; Spicanta pumila Lomaria distans; Lomaria parvifolia Lomaria polypodioides; Lomaria trichomanoides (Poir.) Farw. ; (Raoul) Kuntze Blechnum penna-marina; Blechnum uliginosum Lomaria alpina; Lomaria antarctica Colenso ; Colenso Desv.ex Gaudich. ; Desv. (Poir.) Farw. ; R.Br. Struthiopteris penna-marina; (Colenso) Ching Spicanta penna-marina; Stegania alpina Polypodium penna-marina; Struthiopteris distans Lonchitis-aspera penna-marina; Acrostichum polytrichoides Lomaria linearis; Lomaria penna-marina Lomaria uliginosa;

Short description: Species of plant

Austroblechnum penna-marina, synonym Blechnum penna-marina,^[1] known as Antarctic hard-fern,^[3] alpine water fern and pinque (Chilean Spanish), is a species of fern in the family Blechnaceae, with a natural range from the Araucanía Region to the south and from the coast to the tree line of the Magellanic forests in Chile and adjacent areas of Argentina. It is also found in New Zealand, Australia and some Pacific islands. It is evergreen and grows to 20 cm (8 in).