Blechnum lyonii (O.Deg.) Christenh. (2011:20)

Lyon's hacksaw fern

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Doodia lyonii Degen. in Fl. Hawaiiensis, Fam. 17: [s.p.] (1934)

Conservation Status

Uncertain.

Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:215).

Distribution & Habitat

Hawaiian Islands, USA

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 16 August 2025]

Ranker, T. A., Imada, C. T., Lynch, K., Palmer, D. D., Vernon, A. L. and Thomas, M. K. (2019). Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Updates to the Fern and Lycophyte Flora of the Hawaiian Islands. American Fern Journal 109(1): 54-72.

Roskov Y. et al. (eds.). (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

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