Parablechnum proliferum

Parablechnum proliferum is a fern in the family Blechnaceae, native to Central America and locally in northern South America, formerly treated in the genus Blechnum but now transferred to Parablechnum.^[1][2] The pinnate fronds are red when young, turning dark green with maturity, and each frond has a plantlet at its tip which can grow into a complete plant if it contacts the soil.^[3]

Parablechnum proliferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Blechnaceae
Genus:	Parablechnum
Species:	P. proliferum
Binomial name
Parablechnum proliferum (Rosenst.) Gasper & Salino
Synonyms
Blechnum proliferum Rosenst. Blechnum tenuifolium Rosenst. Blechnum viviparum (Broadh.) C.Chr. Struthiopteris vivipara Broadh.