Adiantum shastense

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum shastense Huiet & A.R.Sm., PhytoKeys 53: 74 (2015).

• Type: United States, California: Shasta County, north side of Lake Shasta. McCloud River arm, along Gilman Road, just W of intersection with Old Mill Road where Fall Creek intersects Gilman Road. 40°51.517200'N, 122°18.835800'W, 1222 ft, 14 May 2014, Layne Huiet, Alan Smith, Joan Smith, Ellen Dean & Martin Lenz 162 (Holotype: UC2030515!; isotypes: CAS, DAV, DUKE, MO, NY, US).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Huiet, L., Lenz, M., Nelson, J.K., Pryer, K.M. & Smith, A.R. 2015. Adiantum shastense, a new species of maidenhair fern from California. PhytoKeys 53: 73–81. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.53.5151 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Shasta maidenhair fern

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