Telmatoblechnum indicum

Telmatoblechnum indicum (many synonyms including Blechnum indicum[1]) or the swamp water fern is often seen growing on sandy soils in swampy areas. The specific epithet indicum is from Latin, revealing this plant was first collected in the East Indies (Java). Indigenous Australians used the starchy rhizome as food.

Swamp water fern
Growing near Botany Bay, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Aspleniineae
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Telmatoblechnum
Species:
T. indicum
Binomial name
Telmatoblechnum indicum
(Burm.f..) Perrie, D.J.Ohlsen & Brownsey[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Blechnopsis denticulata (Sw.) C.Presl
  • Blechnopsis malaccensis (Fée) C.Presl
  • Blechnopsis striata (R.Br.) C.Presl
  • Blechnum angustatum Schrad.
  • Blechnum angustifolium Willd.
  • Blechnum calophyllum Langsd.& Fisch.
  • Blechnum cumingianum Trevis.
  • Blechnum denticulatum Sw.
  • Blechnum indicum Burm.
  • Blechnum malaccense Fée
  • Blechnum moluccanum Desv.
  • Blechnum squamulosum Kaulf.
  • Blechnum stagninum Raddi
  • Blechnum stramineum Labill.
  • Blechnum striatum R.Br.
  • Salpichlaena denticulata (Sw.) Trevis.
  • Salpichlaena malaccensis (Fée) Trevis.
  • Salpichlaena striata (R.Br.) Trevis.

This plant was collected with another swamp fern Cyclosorus interruptus by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander at Botany Bay in 1770.[2][3]

References
  1. Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Telmatoblechnum indicum". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  2. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 307
  3. "Doug Benson and Georgina Eldershaw. Backdrop to encounter: the 1770 landscape of Botany Bay,the plants collected by Banks and Solander and rehabilitation of natural vegetation at Kurnell" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
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