Adiantum lucidum

Taxonavigation

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

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

Name

Adiantum lucidum (Cav.) Sw., Syn. Fil.: 121 (1806).

• Type: Peru: cerca de Guaranda, Don Luis Née

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pteris lucida Cav., Descr. Pl.: 266 (1801).
• Heterotypic
  • Pteris aspera Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 713 (1804).
    • Adiantum asperum (Poir.) Desv., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 327 (1811).
  • Adiantum varium Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 435(1810).
  • Adiantum lucidum var. majus Hook., Sp. Fil. 2: 4 (1851).
  • Adiantum lucidum var. anomalum T.Moore, Index Fil.: 30 (1857).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Panama. Regional: Caribbean Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles. Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O.P. 1806. Synopsis Filicum earum Genera et species. 445 pp. Kiliae. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Adiantum lucidum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 May 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Adiantum lucidum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 May 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Adiantum lucidum. Published online. Accessed: 11 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum lucidum Accessed: 11 May 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Adiantum lucidum – 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 11.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Adiantum lucidum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.