Adiantum caudatum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum caudatum L., Mant. Pl.: 308 (1771).

• Type: not designated. Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 1252.6 (LINN), Burman 1737. Thes. Zeylan.: p. 8, t. 5, f. 1.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum flagelliferum Wall., Numer. List: n.° 76 (1829), nom. nud..
  • Adiantum lyratum Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 832 (1837).
  • Adiantum caudatum var. angustilobatum Bonap., Notes Pteridol. 7: 173 (1918).
  • Adiantum borneense Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 305 (1920).
    • Type: Tonkin. Hanoi, Mai 1908, Alleizette 498.
  • Adiantum wangii C.M.Kuo, nom. nud.
  • Adiantum caudatum var. assamicum B.K.Nayar, Bull. Nation. Bot. Gard. (Lucknow) 52(1): 10 (1962).
    • Adiantum assamicum (B.K.Nayar) B.K.Nayar, Bull. Nation. Bot. Gard. (Lucknow) 94: 1, f. 1–4 (1964).
  • Adiantum lomesam B.K.Nayar & Geev., Fern Fl. Malabar: 140 (1993).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Philippines, Sulawesi. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia, Vanuatu. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Florida (introduced). Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Jamaica (introduced). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143­–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, 1016 pp. Online. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum caudatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Jul 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum caudatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jul 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum caudatum. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jul 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum caudatum Accessed: 21 Jul 2022.