Summary description from Wikipedia:

Blechnaceae in languages:

Chinese

烏毛蕨科

Czech

žebrovicovité

Danish

Kambregnefamilien

Dutch

Dubbellooffamilie

English

Chain Fern Family

English

Hard Fern Family

Finnish

kampasaniaiskasvit

German

Rippenfarngewächse

Japanese

シシガシラ科

Korean

새깃아재비과

Polish

Podrzeniowate

Russian

Дербянковые

Swedish

kambräkenväxter

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Parent Taxon

• Polypodiales

Sibling Taxa

• Aspleniaceae
• Athyriaceae
• Blechnaceae
• Cystopteridaceae
• Desmophlebiaceae
• Diplaziopsidaceae
• Hemidictyaceae
• Onocleaceae
• Rhachidosoraceae
• Thelypteridaceae
• Woodsiaceae

Child Taxa

• Austroblechnum
• Blechnidium
• Blechnopteris
• Blechnum
• Brainea
• Cranfillia
• Diploblechnum
• Doodia
• Icarus
• Lomaria
• Lomaridium
• Lomariocycas
• Neoblechnum
• Oceaniopteris
• Pteridoblechnum
• Sadleria
• Salpichlaena
• Spicanta
• Steenisioblechnum
• Stenochlaena
• Struthiopteris
• Telmatoblechnum
• Woodwardia

Top Observation Places

• Orizaba
• Bello
• Sydney
• Hong Kong
• Kowloon
• Victoria
• Sha Tin
• Tseung Kwan O
• Kwai Chung
• Tai Po
• Ma On Shan
• Quito