Parablechnum minus

Parablechnum minus, synonym Blechnum minus,^[1] is a small fern^[2] growing in moist situations in a variety of habitats in eastern Australia. It is often seen by streams.

Soft water fern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Parablechnum
Species:	P. minus
Binomial name
Parablechnum minus (R.Br.) Gasper & Salino[1]
Synonyms[1]
Blechnum minus (R.Br.) Ettingsh. Blechnum capense var. minor (R.Br.) Cheeseman Lomaria minor (R.Br.) Spreng. Lomaria procera var. minor Hook.f. Lomaria procera var. paludosa Rodway Stegania minor R.Br.

It first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810, as Stegania minor in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, published by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown. It was later moved to the genus Blechnum and then to Parablechnum.^[1]