Adiantum aleuticum

Adiantum aleuticum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) C.A.Paris, Rhodora 93: 112 (1991).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum Rupr., Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 3: 49 (1845).
    • Lectotype (designated by Paris 1991: 112): Unalaschka, Chamisso (NY, fragment ex LE).
• Homotypic
  • Adiantum pedatum subsp. aleuticum (Rupr.) Piper & Beattie, Fl. N.W. Coast: 4 (1915).
  • Adiantum pedatum f. aleuticum (Rupr.) Clute, Our Ferns: 298, 383 (1938).
  • Adiantum pedatum subsp. aleuticum (Rupr.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor, Canad. J. Bot. 42: 1388 (1965), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum pedatum subsp. calderi Cody, Rhodora 85: 93 (1983).
    • Type: Quebec, Gaspé County, cold, sheltered ravines, Mt. Albert, 14 August 1905. J.F. Collins & M.L. Fernald s.n. (Holotype: DAO; isotype: GH)
  • Adiantum pedatum var. subpumilum W.H.Wagner, Canad. J. Bot. 56: 1727 (1978).
    • Type: British Columbia: Brooks Peninsula, NW Vancouver Island, 27 June 1977. J. Pojar & F. Boas 770191 (Holotype: MICH; isotypes: V, UBC).
    • Adiantum pedatum subsp. subpumilum (W.H.Wagner) Lellinger, Amer. Fern J. 74: 62 (1984).
    • Adiantum aleuticum var. subpumilum (W.H.Wagner) E.R.Alverson, Amer. Fern J. 100: 231 (2011) (accepted by Hassler, WorldPlants).

Hybrids

A. × tracyi 

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Netherlands. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Regional: Eastern Canada Newfoundland, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Maryland. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa, Sonora). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Paris, C.A. 1991. Adiantum viridimontanum, a new maidenhair fern in eastern North America. Rhodora 93(874): 105–122. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Paris, C.A. 1993. Adiantum. Pp. 125–130 in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.), Flora of North America North of Mexico. Volume 2: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, XVI, 475 pp. ISBN 0-19-508242-7. efloras FNA Website Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Western maidenhair fern
suomi: Tarha-adiantumi

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