Adiantum patens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum patens
Subspecies: A. p. subsp. oatesii – A. p. subsp. patens

Name

Adiantum patens Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 439 (1810).

• Lectotype (designated by Tryon 1964: 165): Venezuela, Dist. Federal, Caracas, F. Bredemeyer s.n. (B-W 20078-010; isolectotype: NY 00144563 [fragment]).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Nigeria. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Zambia, Zimbabwe. Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Willdenow, C.L. 1810. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta. Tomus 5, pars 1. pp. [i]–l, 1–542. Berolini: G.C. Nauk. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tryon, R.M. 1964. The ferns of Peru. Polypodiaceae (Dennstaedtieae to Oleandreae). Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 194: 1–253. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Hirai, R.Y. & Prado, J. 2019. Neotropical species of the Adiantum raddianum group (Pteridaceae). Willdenowia 49(3): 295–317. DOI: 10.3372/wi.49.49302 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum patens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum patens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum patens. Published online. Accessed: 27 Oct 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum patens Accessed: 27 Oct 2022.