Lotus-leaved maidenhair fern
The underside of the leaf showing the marginal indusium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum
Species:
A. reniforme
Binomial name
Adiantum reniforme

Adiantum reniforme (lotus-leaved maidenhair fern) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum (maidenhairs), family Pteridaceae.[1] It grows in sheltered rock crevices and on walls. It is native to East Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Comoros and the Madeira, Canary and Cape Verde islands, plus a few relictual stations in the Tibesti (Chad).[2]

Notes

  1. โ†‘ Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7โ€“54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
  2. โ†‘ "Adiantum reniforme L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 21 September 2022.


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