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This species is accepted, and its native range is Cosmopolitan.

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Leaves
Leaf-blade usually narrowly ovate-triangular in outline, up to 26 x 19 cm, 3-pinnate
Pinnules
Pinnules cuneate-obovate, up to 2.7 x 2 cm, stalked, entire or irregularly lobed, sterile ones denticulate-crenulate, glabrous
Petiole
Petiole dark brown to black, glabrous.
Distribution
N1–3 widespread in warmer parts of the world.
Ecology
Altitude range 300–2050 m.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Comoros, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Utah, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Belgium, Netherlands

Adiantum capillus-veneris L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Jan 1, 2018 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Malaysia K000491654
Jan 1, 2018 Haniff, M. [9095], Malaysia K000491655
Jul 1, 2011 St. John, H. [16718], French Polynesia K000856347
Jan 1, 2008 Mhoro, B. [286], Tanzania K000197488
Jan 1, 2008 Luke, W.R.Q. [11571], Kenya K000197490
Jan 1, 2008 Frontier [179], Tanzania K000197489
Jul 26, 1988 Büchner [495], Uganda K000557891
Jul 26, 1988 Stoltz, A. [930], Tanzania K000571020
Jul 26, 1988 New, C. [s.n.], Tanzania K000571012
Jan 1, 1938 Powell, T. [216], Samoa K000896029
Greenway, P.J. [10709], Tanzania K000570998
Greenway, P.J. [11889], Tanzania K000571002
Greenway, P.J. [11370], Tanzania K000571003
Greenway, P.J. [10973], Tanzania K000571004
Greenway, P.J. [9123], Tanzania K000571008
Greenway, P.J. [2056], Tanzania K000571015
Chandler, P. [2255], Kenya K000557908
Watermeyer [45], Tanzania K000571019
Richards, H.M. [21792], Tanzania K000570995
Richards, H.M. [24071], Tanzania K000571007
Richards, H.M. [26849], Tanzania K000571014
Milne-Redhead, E. [7025], Tanzania K000571001
Sands, M.J.S. [3856], Malaysia K000506355
Gilbert, M.G. [5209], Kenya K000557897
Burtt, B.D. [1939], Tanzania K000571016
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Malaysia K000491658
Ridley, H.N. [2680], Malaysia K000491660
Glover [1719], Kenya K000557910
Degener, O. [3207], USA K000896015
Thomas, D.W. [3933], Tanzania K000571018
Peter, A. [43387], Tanzania K000571009
Archbold, M.E. [356], Tanzania K000570999
Faden, R.B. [68/640], Kenya K000557899
Faden, R.B. [69/914], Kenya K000557904
Faden, R.B. [69/944], Kenya K000557906
Faden, R.B. [69/808], Kenya K000557911
Verdcourt, B. [365], Kenya K000557896
Verdcourt, B. [441], Kenya K000557907
Parris, B.S. [11002], Malaysia K000491656
Gardner, H.M. [979], Kenya K000557903
Bytebier, B. [314], Kenya K000557894
Luke, W.R.Q. [3784], Tanzania K000571000
Luke, W.R.Q. [3969], Kenya K000557895
Hinds [s.n.], USA K000896032
Ramos, M. [27136], Philippines K000507547
Ramos, M. [27599], Philippines K000507549
Elmer, A.D.E. [6417], Philippines K000507546
Schlieben, H.J. [6034], Tanzania K000571022
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1037], Tanzania K000570997
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1037], Tanzania K000570996
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Malaysia K000491657
Balansa [3129], New Caledonia K000856348
Mearns, E.A. [1131], Kenya K000557902
Copeland, E.B. [119], Philippines K000507548
Doggett, W.G. [s.n.], Uganda K000557892
St. John, H. [22841], USA K000856349
St. John, H. [9991], USA K000896019
Lye, K.A. [5767], Uganda K000557893
Hancock, W. [?8], USA K000896017
Hancock, W. [?54], USA K000896018
Cabalion, P. [2261], Vanuatu K000896034
Parks, H.E. [s.n.], Samoa K000896026
Heller, A.A. [2479], USA K000896014
Menzies, A. [s.n.], USA K000896031
Bigger, M. [2323], Tanzania K000571006
Forbes, C.N. [105], USA K000896020
Forbes, C.N. [166], USA K000896028
Forbes, C.N. [594], USA K000896030
Seemann, B. [2235], USA K000896025
Rosenstock, E. [s.nn.], Tanzania K000571010
Rosenstock, E. [s.n.], Tanzania K000571021
Deplanche [s.n.], New Caledonia K000896035
Tengwall, T.A. [4], Indonesia K000506356
Beesley, J.S.S. [27], Tanzania K000571005
Lister, J.J. [s.n.], Samoa K000896012
Lister, J.J. [s.n.], Samoa K000896013
Leighton, W.T. [s.n.], Tanzania K000571013
Hillebrand [74], USA K000896027
anonymous [s.n.], Tanzania K000571011
Boyd, E. [s.n.], USA K000896033
Cameron, J. B. C. [151], Kenya K000557898
Otake, J. [29], Kenya K000557900
Otake, J. [29], Kenya K000557901
Faden, R,B. [68/766], Kenya K000557905
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [4707], Kenya K000557909
North Wood G. [s.n.], Tanzania K000571017
Stokes, J.F.G. [s.n.], USA K000896016
Stokes, J.F.G. [s.n.], USA K000896021
Soakai, B. [238], Samoa K000896022
Soakai, B. [238], Samoa K000896023
Soakai, B. [238], Samoa K000896024
s.coll. [s.n.] K001090136 holotype
Kamau [611], Kenya K000696593
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], Nepal Adiantum capillus K001109168
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], Mauritius Adiantum capillus K001109169
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], India Adiantum capillus K001109170
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], India Adiantum capillus K001109171
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73] Adiantum capillus K001109174
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73] Adiantum capillus K001109176
Singh, B. [Cat. no. 73], Nepal Adiantum capillus K001109172
s.coll. [Cat. no. 73], India Adiantum capillus K001109173
s.coll. [Cat. no. 73] Adiantum capillus K001109175
Broadway, W.E. [3866], Trinidad & Tobago Adiantum paradiseae K000633085
South Africa Adiantum paradiseae K000633086

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1096 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be.
  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florasi (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfi/Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Ogata Ic. Fil. Jap. 1 : t. 1 (1928).
  • Sim F.S.A. 245, t.122, Fig. 122 (1915)
  • Hook. Syn. Fil 123 (1867)
  • Sp. Pl. 1096 (1753)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.

Flora of Somalia

  • Pickering, H. & Awale, A. I. (2018). Introduction to plants in Central Somaliland. Ponte Invisibile, Redsea Cultural Foundation.
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Somalia
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