Blotiella is a genus of ferns in the family Dennstaedtiaceae described as a genus in 1962.Tryon, Rolla Milton. 1962. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 191: 96-100Blotiella Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 03 Feb 2012Christenhusz et al. "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" Phytotaxa 19: 7-54. 18 Feb. 2011 The genus was named in honor of Marie Laure Tardieu-Blot (1902–1998), who was a French pteridologist.
It was first published in Contr. Gray Herb. vol.191 on page 96 in 1962 by Rolla Milton Tryon.
Species As accepted by Kew; - Rwanda to Burundi - western tropical Africa - Tanzania - Madagascar - Uganda to Angola - central Africa - Madagascar, E + S Africa - Kenya, Tanzania - Madagascar - Madagascar - Central - South America - Madagascar - Cameroon - Madagascar - E + SE + S Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros - Madagascar - Madagascar, tropical Africa - Zambia - Kenya, Tanzania - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic - Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania
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