Blotiella

Blotiella
Blotiella natalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus:	Blotiella R.M.Tryon 1962

Blotiella is a genus of ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1962.[1][2][3] The genus was named in honor of Marie Laure Tardieu-Blot (1902–1998), who was a French pteridologist.[4][5]

It was first published in Contr. Gray Herb. vol.191 on page 96 in 1962 by Rolla Milton Tryon.[6]

Species

As accepted by Kew;[6]

1. Blotiella bouxiniana Pic.Serm. - Rwanda to Burundi
2. Blotiella confusa Jongkind & W. de Winter - western tropical Africa
3. Blotiella coriacea Verdc. - Tanzania
4. Blotiella coursii (Tardieu) Rakotondr. ex J.P.Roux 2009 - Madagascar
5. Blotiella crenata (Alston) Schelpe - Uganda to Angola
6. Blotiella currorii (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962 - central Africa
7. Blotiella glabra (Bory) R.M.Tryon 1962 - Madagascar, E + S Africa
8. Blotiella hieronymi (Kümmerle) Pic.Serm. 1983 - Kenya, Tanzania
9. Blotiella isaloensis (Tardieu) J.P.Roux - Madagascar
10. Blotiella lanceifolia (J.Agardh) Rakotondr. - Madagascar
11. Blotiella lindeniana (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962 - Central - South America
12. Blotiella madagascariensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962 - Madagascar
13. Blotiella mannii (Baker) Pic.Serm. 1977 - Cameroon
14. Blotiella marojejyensis J.P.Roux - Madagascar
15. Blotiella natalensis (Hook.) R.M.Tryon 1962 - E + SE + S Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros
16. Blotiella pubescens (Kaulf.) R.M.Tryon 1962 - Madagascar
17. Blotiella reducta (C.Chr.) R.M.Tryon 1962 - Madagascar, tropical Africa
18. Blotiella sinuata Pic.Serm. 1983 - Zambia
19. Blotiella stipitata (Alston) Faden 1974 - Kenya, Tanzania
20. Blotiella tisserantii (Alston & Tardieu) Pic.Serm. 1983 - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic
21. Blotiella trichosora Pic.Serm. - Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania

References

1. Tryon, Rolla Milton. 1962. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 191: 96-100
2. Blotiella Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 03 Feb 2012
3. Christenhusz et al. "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" Phytotaxa 19: 7-54. 18 Feb. 2011
4. Crouch, Neil R. (2012). Ferns of Southern Africa: A Comprehensive Guide. Penguin Random House South Africa. ISBN 9781431701438. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
5. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
6. "Blotiella R.M.Tryon | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 November 2022.