Blechnum filiforme

Blechnum filiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida /
Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order: Athyriales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Blechnum
L.
Species: B. filiforme
Binomial name
Blechnum filiforme

Blechnum filiforme or thread fern (pānoko in Māori) is an endemic New Zealand fern species in the hard fern family, Blechnaceae.[1] The species authority is (A. Cunn.) Ettingsh.

Thread fern has a creeping and climbing habit. It has three different types of fronds: long climbing fronds with long pointed leaves, shorter creeping fronds with nearly round leaves, and fertile fronds with threadlike leaves that give the species its common name.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Crowe, A. (1994). Which Native Fern?, p. 26. Auckland: Viking. ISBN 0-670-85549-9.