Adiantum formosum

Adiantum formosum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum formosum R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 155 (1810).

• Type: Australia: New South Wales, Port Jackson R. Brown [67] (Holotype: BM; isotype: K).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Adiantum formosum var. leptophyllum Domin, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 551 (1911).
    • Type: Queensland, Moreton Bay, E. Fitzalan (Holotype: PR?)

Homonyms

• Adiantum formosum A.Cunn., Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 366 (1837), nom. illeg. = Adiantum cunninghamii Hook.
• Adiantum formosum (J.Rémy) Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 487 (1853), nom. illeg. = Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa (introduced) Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Continental: Asia-Temperate (introduced) Regional: Eastern Asia Nansei-shoto. Continental: Asia-Tropical (introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Sri Lanka. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bostock, P.D. 1998. Adiantaceae (except Cheilanthes). Pp. 248–271 in MacCarthy, P.M. (ed.), Flora of Australia 48. Ferns, Gymnosperms and allied groups. 766 pp. Melbourne: CSIRO. ISBN 0-643-05972-5 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum formosum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 8. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum formosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum formosum. Published online. Accessed: 8 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum formosum Accessed: 8 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Adiantum formosum – 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 8.