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.

Clade:Embryophytes

Clade:Tracheophytes

Division:Polypodiophyta

Class:Polypodiopsida

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Swamp water fern
Growing near Botany Bay, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
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.

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