Adiantum reniforme

Lotus-leaved Maidenhair Fern
The underside of the leaf of Adiantum reniforme showing the marginal indusium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales[1]
Family: Pteridaceae[1]
Genus: Adiantum
Species: A. reniforme
Binomial name
Adiantum reniforme
L.

Adiantum reniforme (Lotus-leaved Maidenhair Fern) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum (maidenhairs). It grows in sheltered rock crevices and on walls.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa 19: 7–54.
  2. Short M.J., Press J.R. (1994). Flora of Madeira. p. 35.


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