Object:

Colenso’s hard fern , Blechnum colensoi (Hook.f.) N.A.Wakef.

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Registration Number  P023538/A
Phylum  Embryophyta
Class  Ferns
Order  Polypodiales
Family  Blechnaceae
Scientific Name
Blechnum colensoi (Hook.f.) N.A.Wakef.
Identified By  Perrie, Leon
Identified Date  04 Dec 2011
Common / Maori name  Colenso's hard fern, Peretako, Peretao, Petako
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island, Gisborne
Precise locality  between Opotiki and Gisborne, south of Matawai, Rakauroa Scenic Reserve.
Collected By  Perrie, Leon
Date collected  04 Dec 2011
Habitat  Shaded bank on outside bend of small, rocky creek. With Blechnum chambersii and Leptopteris hymenophylloides, and with Blechnum novae-zelandiae at top of bank.
Section  Plants

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    • between Opotiki and Gisborne, south of Matawai, Rakauroa Scenic Reserve.
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