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Neoblechnum is a genus of ferns with one species, Neoblechnum brasiliense, the Brazilian dwarf tree fern, grown for its red new fronds that mature to glossy green. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions and protection from cold.
Neoblechnum is a genus of ferns in the family Blechnaceae, subfamily Blechnoideae, with a single species Neoblechnum brasiliense, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The genus is accepted in a 2016 classification of the family Blechnaceae, but other sources sink it into a very broadly defined Blechnum, equivalent to the whole of the PPG I subfamily; the species is then known as Blechnum brasiliense. It is called Brazilian dwarf tree fern, red Brazilian tree fern, and red dwarf tree fern.
Neoblechnum brasiliense is cultivated as an ornamental plant. In the UK (under the synonym Blechnum brasiliense) it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
As it will not tolerate temperatures below 15 °C (59 °F) it must be grown under glass all year in temperate regions.
The fern is native to the warm and humid subtropical forests of South America.
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