Blechnum minus

Soft Water Fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Blechnum
Species:	B. minus
Binomial name
Blechnum minus (R.Br.) Ettingsh.

Blechnum minus is a small fern^[1] growing in moist situations in a variety of habitats in eastern Australia. Often seen by streams.

It first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810, as Stegania minor in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, published by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown. It was later moved to the genus Blechnum.

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