Adiantum tenerum

Adiantum tenerum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum tenerum Sw., Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 135 (1788).

• Type. Jamaica. Swartz s.n. (S).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum assimile Link, Hort. Berol. 2: 17 (1833).
  • Adiantum tenerum var. minus Kunze, Linnaea 9: 83 (1834).
    • Typus: in alpinis florae Peruv. temperatioribus ad San Rafael, 1829
  • Adiantum extensum Fée, Mém. Foug. 8: 72 (1857).
    • Syntypes. Mexico. Veracruz: near Orizaba and Huatusco, Schaffner 40 (P?), 41 (P?, RB).
    • Adiantum extensum Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 114 (1852), nom. nud.
  • Adiantum trapezoides Fée, Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 117 (1852).
    • Type: Mexico. Veracruz: Puente Nacional, Galeotti 6317 (Holotype: P; isotype: RB).
    • Adiantum trapeziforme var. trapezoides (Fée) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 1(2): 369 (1870).
  • Adiantum glaucophyllum Hook., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 10: t. 961 (1854).
    • Lectotype (designated by Lellinger 1977: 704): Panama, Varaguas [now Pcia. Chiriqui], Boquete, Feb 1849, Seemann (K)
  • Adiantum tenerum var. majus T.Moore, Index Fil.: 39 (1857).
  • Adiantum tenerum var. rotundatum T.Moore, Index Fil.: 39 (1857).
  • Adiantum ghiesbreghtii Anon. ex Backh., Gartenfl. 13: 247 (1864).
    • Type: Hort Backhouse, 1867, s. coll s.n. (K 001090127).
  • Adiantum farleyense T.Moore, J. Roy. Hort. Soc., n.s., 1: 82 (1866).
    • Neotype (selected by Rogers 1998: 41): illustration of Adiantum farleyense in J. Roy. Hort. Soc. [Extracts from the Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society] i: xxxv (1866).
    • Adiantum tenerum var. farleyense (T.Moore) André, Ill. Hort. 19: 64 (1872) (accepted by Hassler, WorldPlants)
  • Adiantum multiforme A.Braun ex E.Fourn., Mexic. Pl. 1: 128 (1872).
  • Adiantum fergusonii T.Moore, Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 360 (1884).
    • Type: Cultivated by W. Ferguson F.S.S. in Colombo Ceylon. 13 May 1884, s.coll., s.n. (K 001090128)
  • Adiantum bessoniae Jenman, Ferns Brit. W. Ind. Guiana 96 (1899) (accepted by POWO)
    • Adiantum bessonianum hort. ex O´Brien, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 20: 76 (1896), nom. nud.
    • Type: Trinidad, "under cultivation in the garden of Mrs. Besson", 1896, Jenman (NY 00144533).
  • Adiantum littorale Jenman, Bull. Misc. Inform. Roy Bot. Gard. Trinidad 21(App.): 96 (1899).
    • Adiantum tenerum var. littorale (Jenman) Domin, Vestn. Král. Ceské Spolecn. Nauk. Tr. Mat.-Prír., n.s., 1929(2): 141 (1929).
  • Adiantum tenerum var. obtusissimum Christ, Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 266 (1907).
    • Typus: Costa Rica, Navarro, rochers de tuf, 1100 m, Werckle 1905

Homonyms

• Adiantum tenerum Schkuhr, Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: 112 (1809), nom. illeg. = Adiantum concinnum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced) Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands. Regional: Malesia Malaya, Philippines. Regional: Papuasia Solomon Islands. Continental: Pacific (introduced) Regional: Northwestern Pacific Caroline Islands, Marianas. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua. Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Colombia. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O. 1788. Nova genera & species plantarum seu Prodromus descriptionum vegetabilium, maximam partem incognitorum quae sub itinere in Indiam Occidentalem annis 1783–87 digessit Olof Swartz. M. D. X+152 pp., index. M.Swederi, Holmiae [Stockholm] etc. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lellinger, D.B. 1977. Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on the Pteridophytes of Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, I. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(61): 703–732. BHL Reference page. 
• Rogers, G. 1998. The History and Classification of the Farley Fern, Adiantum tenerum 'Farleyense'. American Fern Journal 88(1): 32–46. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum tenerum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 16. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum tenerum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum tenerum. Published online. Accessed: 16 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum tenerum Accessed: 16 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Adiantum tenerum – 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 16.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adiantum tenerum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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