Adiantum decoratum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum decoratum

Name

Adiantum decoratum Maxon & Weath., Amer. J. Bot. 19: 165 (1932).

• Type: Panamá: collected along the Río Tapia, in wet forest, 7 Dec 1923-11 Jan 1924 P.C. Standley 26216 (Holotype: US-1216077).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana. Regional: Western South America Colombia, Ecuador. Regional: Brazil Brazil North (Acre). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Maxon, W.R. & Weatherby, C.A. 1932. Two New Tropical American Species of Adiantum. American Journal of Botany 19(2): 165–167. DOI: 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1932.tb09642.x JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum decoratum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Aug 29. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum decoratum Accessed: 29 Aug 2022.