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maidenhair ferns
Adiantum
Adiantum /ˌædiˈæntəm/, the walking fern or maidenhair fern, is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the family Pteridaceae, though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from Greek, meaning "not wetting", referring to the fronds' ability to shed water without becoming wet.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pedatum clade
complexPedatum clade
Adiantum capillus-veneris
complexAdiantum capillus-veneris
Formosum clade
complexFormosum clade
Philippense clade
complexPhilippense clade
Tetraphyllum clade
complexTetraphyllum clade
Tenerum clade
complexTenerum clade
Peruvianum clade
complexPeruvianum clade
Davidii clade
complexDavidii clade
Adiantum scabrum
speciesAdiantum scabrum
Digitatum clade
complexDigitatum clade
Bermuda maidenhair fern
speciesAdiantum bellum
Adiantum balfourii
speciesAdiantum balfourii
Adiantum erylliae
speciesAdiantum erylliae
Adiantum zollingeri
speciesAdiantum zollingeri
Adiantum caryotideum
speciesAdiantum caryotideum
Adiantum ciliatum
speciesAdiantum ciliatum
Adiantum glanduliferum
speciesAdiantum glanduliferum
Tibetan Maidenhair Fern
speciesAdiantum tibeticum
Adiantum tuomistoanum
speciesAdiantum tuomistoanum
Adiantum sinuosum
speciesAdiantum sinuosum
Adiantum papilio
speciesAdiantum papilio
Adiantum cordatum
speciesAdiantum cordatum
Adiantum nudum
speciesAdiantum nudum
Adiantum phanomensis
speciesAdiantum phanomensis
Adiantum vogelii
speciesAdiantum vogelii
Adiantum membranifolium
speciesAdiantum membranifolium
Adiantum grossum
speciesAdiantum grossum
Adiantum diogoanum
speciesAdiantum diogoanum
Adiantum multisorum
speciesAdiantum multisorum
Adiantum parishii
speciesAdiantum parishii
Adiantum pearcei
speciesAdiantum pearcei
Adiantum imbricatum
speciesAdiantum imbricatum
Adiantum pulcherrimum
speciesAdiantum pulcherrimum
Adiantum pulchellum
speciesAdiantum pulchellum
Capillus-veneris clade
complexCapillus-veneris clade
Adiantum alomae
speciesAdiantum alomae
Adiantum hirsutum
speciesAdiantum hirsutum
Adiantum filiforme
speciesAdiantum filiforme
Adiantum lianxianense
speciesAdiantum lianxianense
Adiantum serratifolium
speciesAdiantum serratifolium
Adiantum incertum
speciesAdiantum incertum
Puerto Rico Maidenhair
speciesAdiantum vivesii
Adiantum × janzenianum
hybridAdiantum × janzenianum
Adiantum hollandiae
speciesAdiantum hollandiae
Adiantum isthmicum
speciesAdiantum isthmicum
Adiantum kendalii
speciesAdiantum kendalii
Adiantum kingii
speciesAdiantum kingii
Adiantum klossii
speciesAdiantum klossii
Adiantum neoguineense
speciesAdiantum neoguineense
Adiantum mindanaoense
speciesAdiantum mindanaoense
Adiantum olivaceum
speciesAdiantum olivaceum
Adiantum ovalescens
speciesAdiantum ovalescens
Adiantum palaoense
speciesAdiantum palaoense
Adiantum crespianum
speciesAdiantum crespianum
Adiantum cupreum
speciesAdiantum cupreum
Adiantum decipiens
speciesAdiantum decipiens
Adiantum dissimulatum
speciesAdiantum dissimulatum
Adiantum elegantulum
speciesAdiantum elegantulum
Adiantum pumilum
speciesAdiantum pumilum
Adiantum rectangulare
speciesAdiantum rectangulare
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.265
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.93
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.116
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.114
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.615
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.603
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.623
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.771
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.686
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1373
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1442
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.385
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Adiantum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 48436.