Adiantum pulverulentum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum pulverulentum
Varietates: A. p. var. caudatum – A. p. var. pulverulentum

Name

Adiantum pulverulentum L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1096 (1753).

• Provenance: "Habitat in America."
• Lectotype: "Adiantum nigrum, ramosum, pulverulentum et falcatum" in Plumier, Descr. Pl. Amér., 32, t. 47 (1693), designated by Lellinger, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 15 (1972).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Adiantum pulverulentum f. genuinum Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 489 (1904), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Sri Lanka (introduced). Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, Central American Pacific Islands, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Paraguay. 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

• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum pulverulentum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 2. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum pulverulentum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum pulverulentum. Published online. Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum pulverulentum Accessed: 2 Nov 2022.