Biology:Adiantum tenerum
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Short description: Species of plant
| Adiantum tenerum | |
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| Adiantum tenerum at the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Adiantum |
| Species: | A. tenerum
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| Binomial name | |
| Adiantum tenerum Sw., 1788
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Adiantum tenerum, common name brittle maidenhair fern, is a species of maidenhair fern belonging to the family Pteridaceae.[3]
Distribution
This fern species is native to Florida (United States), Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil , and Venezuela.[3][2]
It is restricted to moist, shaded, limestone ledges and grottoes.
Description
Adiantum tenerum grows in a creeping position. Leaves are light green, pinnate, fan-shaped, glabrous, arching or pendent, about as long as broad.[4]
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Adiantum tenerum". NatureServe. 2022-06-22. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.153063.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Catalogue of Life". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/16550288.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Adiantum tenerum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 25 January 2018 }}
- ↑ Flora of North America
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2824386 entry
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