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Adiantum capillus-veneris
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Adiantum capillus-veneris

Adiantum capillus-veneris, the maidenhair fern, southern maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern and venus hair fern, is a species of ferns in the genus Adiantum and the family Pteridaceae with a subcosmopolitan worldwide distribution. It is cultivated as a popular garden fern and houseplant.

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6 branches of this group, most-observed first

black maidenhair fern

speciesAdiantum capillus-veneris

Fan-leaved Maidenhair

speciesAdiantum flabellulatum

Adiantum stenochlamys

speciesAdiantum stenochlamys

Adiantum induratum

speciesAdiantum induratum

Adiantum hosei

speciesAdiantum hosei

Adiantum ogasawarense

speciesAdiantum ogasawarense

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Adiantum capillus-veneris in The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation

Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.265

Adiantum capillus-veneris in The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

1532 · p.93

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1670790.