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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Adiantum

maidenhair
maidenhair fern

Hierarchical position of the Genus Adiantum

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Parkeriales A.B. Frank in Leunis
pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453. 1877.
  
   Familia  Adiantaceae Newman
pub. Hist. Brit. Ferns: 5. 1-5 Feb 1840, nom. cons.
  
   Tribus  Adianteae Gaudich. in Freyc.
pub. Voy. Uranie, Bot.: 402. 18 Jul 1829.
  
   Subtribus  Adiantinae F�e ex Pfeiff.
pub. Nomencl. Bot. 1(1): 46. 8 Dec 1871.
  
   Genus  Adiantum L.
pub. (1753)
common name: maidenhair fern
  

Named members of the Genus Adiantum

1
   Species  aleuticum (Rupr.) Paris
common name: Aleutian maidenhair
2
   Species  anceps Maxon & Morton
common name: double edge maidenhair
3
   Species  capillus-veneris L.
common name: southern maidenhair, maidenhair fern
  
 
4
   Varietas  modestum (Underwood) Fern.
syn. Adiantum capillus-veneris
5
   Varietas  protrusum Fern.
syn. Adiantum capillus-veneris
6
   Species  caudatum L.
common name: tailed maidenhair
  
7
   Species  concinnum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
common name: polished maidenhair
8
   Species  cristatum L.
syn. Adiantum pyramidale
9
   Species  cuneatum Langsd. & Fisch.
syn. Adiantum raddianum
10
   Species  fragile Sw.
 
11
   Varietas  fragile
common name: fragile maidenhair
12
   Varietas  rigidulum (Mett. ex Kuhn) Proctor
common name: fragile maidenhair
13
   Species  hexagona auct. p.p. non L.
syn. Anopteris hexagona ssp. intermedia
14
   Species  hispidulum Sw.
common name: rough maidenhair
15
   Species  jordanii C. Muell.
common name: California maidenhair
16
   Species  latifolium Lam.
common name: broadleaf maidenhair
17
   Species  macrophyllum Sw.
common name: largeleaf maidenhair
18
   Species  melanoleucum Willd.
common name: fragrant maidenhair
19
   Species  modestum Underwood
syn. Adiantum capillus-veneris
20
   Species  obliquum Willd.
common name: oblique maidenhair
21
   Species  pedatum L.
common name: maidenhair fern
  
 
22
   Subspecies  aleuticum (Rupr.) Calder & Taylor
syn. Adiantum aleuticum
23
   Varietas  aleuticum Rupr.
syn. Adiantum aleuticum
24
   Subspecies  calderi Cody
syn. Adiantum aleuticum
25
   Subspecies  subpumilum (W.H. Wagner) Lellinger
syn. Adiantum aleuticum
26
   Varietas  subpumilum W.H. Wagner
syn. Adiantum aleuticum
27
   Species  petiolatum Desv.
common name: stalked maidenhair
28
   Species  pulverulentum L.
common name: glossy maidenhair
29
   Species  pyramidale (L.) Willd.
common name: pyramid maidenhair
30
   Species  raddianum K. Presl
common name: delta maidenhair
31
   Species  rigidulum Mett. ex Kuhn
syn. Adiantum fragile var. rigidulum
32
   Species  tenerum Sw.
common name: fan maidenhair
33
   Species  tetraphyllum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
common name: fourleaf maidenhair
34
   Species  trapeziforme L.
common name: diamond maidenhair
35
   Species  tricholepis F�e
common name: fuzzy maidenhair
36
   Species  villosum L.
common name: woolly maidenhair
37
   Species  viridimontanum Paris
common name: Green Mountain maidenhair
38
   Species  vivesii Proctor
common name: Puerto Rico maidenhair
39
   Species  wilsonii Hook.
common name: Wilson's maidenhair
40
   Species  x tracyi C.C. Hall ex W.H. Wagner

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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