Adiantum capillus-veneris

Adiantum capillus-veneris, Parco dei Nebrodi, Sicily, Italy

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Polypodiopsida Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum capillus-veneris

Name

Adiantum capillus-veneris L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1096 (1753).

• Provenance: "Habitat in Europa australi."
• Lectotype: Magnol, Herb. Linn. No. 1252.9 (LINN), designated by: Pichi Sermolli, Webbia 12: 678 (1957).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adiantum coriandrifolium Lam., Fl. Franç. 1: 29 (1778), nom. illeg.
  • Adiantum coriandrifolium Bernh., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(1): 315 (1799), nom. illeg.
  • Adiantum fontanum Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 404 (1796) nom. illeg.
  • Adiantum capillus Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 83 (1801), nom. superfl.
  • Adiantum cuneifolium Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 612 (1812), nom. illeg.
  • Adiantum capillaceum Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 36 (1867), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum affine Willd., Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 5: 448 (1810).
    • Typus: [Nova Zeelandia], unknown locality and collector (Holotype: B-W 20093-01 0).
  • Adiantum emarginatum Bory ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 449 (1810).
    • "Habitat in rupibus ad latus torrentum insulae Borboniae" [Réunion], Bory, B 20 0004221
  • Adiantum fumarioides Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 452 (1810).
    • "Habitat in insula Borboniae" [Réunion], D. Flügge, B 20 0004521
  • Adiantum africanum R.Br. in J.H.Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire: 463 (1818).
  • Adiantum marginatum Schrad., Gött. Gel. Anz. 1818: 918 (1818).
    • Typus: South Africa, am Löwenberge, Hesse (Lectotype: LE)
  • Adiantum repandum Tausch in Sieber, Fil. exs. n. 176 (1827)
  • Adiantum maderense Lowe
  • Adiantum moritzianum Link, Fil. Spec.: 71 (1841).
    • Type locality: Venezuela, "hab. in provincia Caracas", Moritz
  • Adiantum pseudocapillus Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 118 (1852).
    • Typus: South Africa, "Habitat ad promontorium Bonae Spei." Drège s.n. (isotype: K?)
  • Adiantum formosum J.Rémy ex Gay, Hist. Fis. Pol. Chile Bot. 6: 487 (1853), nom. illeg. (non R.Br., nec A.Cunn.)
  • Adiantum pubescens var. divaricatum Brack., U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 100 (1854).
    • Type locality: Muniai, Feejee Islands
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. incisum T.Moore, Ferns Gr. Brit.: pl. 45 (1855).
    • Type locality: Ireland (Dr. Allehin); Devonshire, Mewstone Bay, Newman
  • Adiantum trifidum Willd. ex Bolle, Bonplandia 3: 121 (1855).
    • Type locality: Cape Verde: In pinguibus umbrosis ad rivulos ins. S. Nicolai supra aedibus Thomas Pires, nunc cl. Miller hospiti propriis et ad Ribeirae bravae primam cataractam.
    • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. trifidum (Willd. ex Bolle) Milde, f. Eur.: 30 (1867).
    • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. trifidum (Willd. ex Bolle) Christ, Bull. Acad. Int. Geogr. Bot. 11: 224 (1902).
    • Adiantum capillus-veneris subsp. trifidum (Willd. ex Bolle) Rivas Mart., Lousã, J.C.Costa & Maria C.Duarte, Int. J. Geobot. Res. 7: 21 (2017).
  • Adiantum visianii Schloss. & Vuk., Fl. Croat.: 1319 (1869).
    • Type locality: Croatia: "in rupium fissuris insulae Pago (Visiani) et necminus ad cataractus amnis Slunčica ad Sluin."
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. magnificum W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 60: 118 (1871).
    • Typus: cultivated material
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. daphnites W.Bull, Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 68: 12 (1872).
    • Typus: cultivated material
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. polyhymnia E.J.Lowe, Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 81 (1875).
    • Typus: cultivated material
  • Adiantum schaffneri E.Fourn., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 27: 328 (1880).
    • Typus: Mexico, 1877, W. Schaffner 64 (isotype: BR 6591571)
  • Adiantum paradiseae Baker, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 6: 558 (1889).
    • Typus: Transvaal: Bedford, Paradise 229 (Holotype: K 633086, isotype: PRE 0085502-0)
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. fissum Christ, Monsunia 1: 66 (1900).
    • Typus: Süd-China: Liu Wongman gorge, Gerlach
    • Adiantum capillus-veneris f. fissum (Christ) Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 6: 343 (1957).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. grande Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1890(Suppl.): 4 (1890).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. imbricatum Pynaert, Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1893-1894: 4 (1893).
  • Adiantum modestum Underw., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 46 (1901).
    • Typus: New Mexico, Roswell, "Abundant on rocks and grassy points overhanging the water of North Spring River". 3 Aug 1900 F.S. Earle 261 (Holotype: NY 00380911, ~912, isotype: GH 00443982, NY 00380909, ~910, RM 0000016, US 00142165).
    • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. modestum (Underw.) Fernald, Rhodora 52: 206 (1950).
  • Adiantum subemarginatum Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 511 (1903).
    • Typus: W. Hupeh, M.E.H. Wilson 1845
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. sinuatum Christ, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1: 62 (1905).
    • Typus: China: Su-tchuen orientalis: 1400 mètres. Farges 730 (P 00607845 – ~847)
  • Adiantum michelii Christ, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 20: 12 (1910).
    • Typus: Alentours de Gan chouèn. Kouy tchéou, P. Michel (P 00607830, BM 001044128, E 00414281)
  • Adiantum rimicola Sloss., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41(5): 308[–309, pl. 7, f. 1] (1914).
    • Typus: Southeastern Utah, Armstrong Cañon, 1,600-1,800 meters, 4-6 Aug 1911, Rydberg & Garrett 0423 (Holotype: NY 00144569, isotype: US 00142168).
    • Adiantum capillus-veneris f. rimicola (Sloss.) Fernald, Rhodora 52: 208 (1950).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. pinnatum Bonap., Notes Ptérid. 4: 78 (1917), "pinnata".
    • Typus: Madagascar, Région floristique de l'ouest. Ambongo. Bois de Namoroka: à l'entrée d'une grotte calcaire. Jan 1904, (Perrier de la Bathie 7669).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris f. cristatum Moxley, Amer. Fern J. 9: 27 (1919).
    • Typus: California, Los Angeles county, San Gabriel Mts., Eaton Canyon. 3 Sep 1917. Geo L. Moxley 628.
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. kenyense Chiov., Lav. Ist. Bot. Univ. Modena 6: 146 (1935).
    • Syntypes: Kenya, Meru District, Keja, Balbo 760, 760 bis (TOM) & Fort Hall District, Sagana R., Balbo 770 (TOM).
  • Adiantum remyanum Espinosa, Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., Santiago de Chile 15: 96, pl. 3, pl. 5, g, h (1936).
    • Typus: Chile, Llico, Dec 1861, Landbeck s.n. (Holotype: SGO 496).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. laciniatum Christ ex Tardieu & C.Chr., Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 185 (1940).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. protrusum Fernald, Rhodora 52: 203 (1950).
    • Typus: USA, Georgia, Clay Co., perpendicular rocky bank of Samochechobee Creek, 29 oct 1902, Harper 1791 (holotype: GH)
  • Adiantum lingii Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 6: 341 (1957).
    • Typus: Sichuan, Jul 1939, Lin Li-Yuan (Holotype: PE 49706).
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris var. dissectum B.K.Nayar, Bull. Nation. Bot. Gard. (Lucknow) 52(1): 37 (1962), nom. illeg.
  • Adiantum capillus-veneris f. lanyuanum W.C.Shieh, Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 2(1): 165 (1968) (accepted by Hassler, World Plants).
    • Typus: Taiwan, Lanyu Island, Oct 1967 Shieh 388, (Holotype: TCB)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain, Ireland. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Germany, Netherlands (introduced), Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Slovienia). Regional: Eastern Europe Krym. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores (Santa Maria, Sao Miguel, Terceira, Faial, Flores), Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma), Cape Verde (Santo Antao, Sao Vicente, Sao Nicolau, Sao Tiago, Fogo, Brava), Madeira (Madeira, Ilhas Desertas, Porto Santo). Regional: West Tropical Africa Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgiztan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria (Lebanon, Syria), Palestine (Israel), Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States (Bahrain, United Emirates), Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya (Bhutan), India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga. Regional: South-Central Pacific Society Islands, Tubuai Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. New York, Ohio. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northwest (Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora), Mexico Southwest (Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands (St. Lucia, St. Vincent). Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Chile Central, Chile North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 1096. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bostock, P.D. 1998. Adiantaceae (except Cheilanthes). Pp. 248–271 in MacCarthy, P.M. (ed.), Flora of Australia 48. Ferns, Gymnosperms and allied groups. 766 pp. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0-643-05972-5 PDF Reference page. 
• Paris, C.A. 1993. Adiantum. Pp. 125–130 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Pichi-Sermolli, R.E.G. 1957. Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae. 5. Parkeriaceae, Adiantaceae, Vittariaceae. Webbia 12(2): 645–703. DOI: 10.1080/00837792.1957.10669670 Reference page. 
• Brownsey, P.J. & Perrie, L.R. 2021. Pteridaceae. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 30. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln. DOI: 10.7931/dtkj-x078 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum capillus-veneris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 4. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum capillus-veneris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum capillus-veneris. Published online. Accessed: 4 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum capillus-veneris Accessed: 4 May 2022.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Adiantum capillus-veneris in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 4.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adiantum capillus-veneris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Adiantum capillus-veneris in Flora Zambesiaca.
• JSTOR Global Plants. Adiantum capillus-veneris. Accessed: 2024 Dec 16 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Адыянтум венерын волас
български: Венерин косъм
català: Capil·lera
Deutsch: Frauenhaarfarn
English: Maidenhair Fern
suomi: Neidonadiantumi
français: Capillaire de Montpellier
עברית: שערות שולמית מצויות
italiano: Capelvenere
Nederlands: Echt venushaar
polski: Niekropień właściwy
Piemontèis: Capiler
русский: Венерин волос
sardu: Fartzia, Filigheddu
српски / srpski: Венерина влас
lea faka-Tonga: ʻUluʻitāupoʻou
українська: Адіант венерин волос

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