Blechnum melanocaulon subsp. pallens
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Bougainville present, Cameron Highlands present, G. Kerintji present, Mauritius present, Negros present, Papua New Guinea present, Solomon Islands present, Upper Burma present, Vanuatu present
Malesia: Sumatra (G. Kerintji), Peninsular Malaysia (Cameron Highlands), Java, Philippines (Negros), Papua New Guinea (Bougainville). Outside Malesia: It extends to Sri Lanka and southern India to the north-west. To the south-east it extends to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. There is a record from Upper Burma and a dubious one from Mauritius.
Notes
1. We have selected the subspecific name of pallens because stipe, rhachis, and costae are paler than those of B. melanocaulon subsp. melanocaulon. Blechnum melanocaulon subsp. melanocaulon has darkly pigmented stipe and rhachis (and sometimes costae), at least on the abaxial surface.
2. In the living state the mature fronds of B. melanocaulon subsp. pallens are very dark green, shiny, fleshy and brittle and the new fronds brilliant deep pink.
2. In the living state the mature fronds of B. melanocaulon subsp. pallens are very dark green, shiny, fleshy and brittle and the new fronds brilliant deep pink.