Adiantum philippense

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum philippense
Subspecies: A. p. subsp. intermedium – A. p. subsp. philippense – A. p. subsp. teestae

Name

Adiantum philippense L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1094 (1753).

• Provenance: "Habitat in Philippinis."
• Lectotype : "Adiantum Philippense, folio rotundo laciniato" in Petiver, Gazophyl. Nat., 8, t. 4, f. 4, 1702–1709 (designated by Pichi Sermolli in Webbia 12: 665 (1957)).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Macaronesia Cape Verde. Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Oman, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Samoa. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba. 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: 1094. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Online. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum philippense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 13. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum philippense. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum philippense. Published online. Accessed: 13 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum philippense Accessed: 13 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Adiantum philippense – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2022 May 13.