Pteridaceae
Adiantum

Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1096 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cosmopolitan. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Distribution

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, Senegal, 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, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.
  • Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2021). Checklist of Far East Asian Vascular Flora 1: 1-626. EABCN, Seoul.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Ebihara, A. (2016). The standard of ferns and lycophytes in Japan. Nihonsan shida shokubutsu hyojun zukan 1: 1-475. Gakken Plus, Tokyo.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Parris, B.S. (2020). Pteridophytes of Turkey - A revised check-list and their relationship to Europe and the West Himalaya. Indian Journal of Forestry 43: 263-284.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R., Shah, S.N. & Ullah, A. (2023). Ferns of Swat Revisited: 1-260. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, India.
  • Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
  • Güner, A. (ed.) (2018). Resimli Türkiye Florası (Illustrated Flora of Turkey) 2: 1-1054. ANG Vakfı/Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi, Istambul.
  • Hsu, T.C., Chen, C.W., Knapp, R. & Hung, H.C. (2019). Ferns and Lycophytes I. The illustrated flora of Taiwan. Tai wan yuan sheng zhi wu quan tu jian 8(1): 1-448. Tai bei shi : Mao tou ying chu ban : Jia ting chuan mei cheng bang fen gong si fa xing.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Lustyk, P. & Doležal, J. (2022). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae. XX. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 57: 41-171.
  • Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 2: 367-766. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Paris, B.S., Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K. & Cheah, Y.H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 3. Malayan Forest Records 48: 1-307.
  • Prelli, R. & Boudrie, M. (2021). Les Fougères et plantes alliées d'Europe: 1-528. BIOTOPE.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.
  • Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.
  • Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
  • Lustyk, P. & Doležal, J. (2022). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae. XX. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 57: 41-171.
  • Merryweather, J. (2020). Britain's Ferns. A field guide to the clubmosses, quillworts, horsetails and ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: 1-280. Princeton University Press.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Roux, J.P. (2016). The Lycopods and Ferns of Drakensberg and Lesotho: 1-384. Briza academic books, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Flora of Somalia

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

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. (2017). Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
  • Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2023 Maire, E.E. [2802] Thailand K001890275 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Haniff, M. [9095] Malaysia K000491655 No
Jan 1, 2018 Parris, B.S.; Wong, K.M. [11002] Malaysia K000491656 Yes
Jan 1, 2018 Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Malaysia K000491654 No
Jan 1, 2017 van Beusekom, C.F. [488] Thailand K001890347 Yes
Jul 1, 2011 St. John, H. [16718] French Polynesia K000856347 No
Jan 1, 2008 Mhoro, B. [286] Tanzania K000197488 No
Jan 1, 2008 Frontier [179] Tanzania K000197489 No
Jan 1, 2008 Luke, W.R.Q. [11571] Kenya K000197490 No
Jul 26, 1988 Büchner [495] Uganda K000557891 No
Jul 26, 1988 New, C. [s.n.] Tanzania K000571012 No
Jul 26, 1988 Stoltz, A. [930] Tanzania K000571020 No
Jan 1, 1938 Powell, T. [216] Samoa K000896029 No
Burtt, B.D. [1939] Tanzania K000571016 No
Luke, W.R.Q. [3784] Tanzania K000571000 No
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.] Malaysia K000491657 No
Ramos, M. [27599] Philippines K000507549 No
Faden, R,B. [68/766] Kenya K000557905 No
Peter, A. [43387] Tanzania K000571009 No
Menzies, A. [s.n.] United States K000896031 No
Ramos, M. [27136] Philippines K000507547 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kirrika [10973] Tanzania K000571004 No
Lye, K.A. [5767] Uganda K000557893 No
Soakai, B. [238] Samoa K000896023 No
Kamau, P.; Christenhusz, M.J.M [611] Kenya K000696593 No
anonymous [s.n.] Tanzania K000571011 No
Richards, H.M. [21792] Tanzania K000570995 No
North Wood G. [s.n.] Tanzania K000571017 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [6417] Philippines K000507546 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A. [69/914] Kenya K000557904 No
Boyd, E. [s.n.] United States K000896033 No
Leighton, W.T. [s.n.] Tanzania K000571013 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1037] Tanzania K000570997 No
Schlieben, H.J. [6034] Tanzania K000571022 No
Degener, O.; Wiebke, H. [3207] United States K000896015 No
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Samoa K000896012 No
Bigger, M. [2323] Tanzania K000571006 No
Archbold, M.E. [356] Tanzania K000570999 No
Doggett, W.G. [s.n.] Uganda K000557892 No
Burger, W. [2624] Ethiopia K001639810 Yes
Rosenstock, E. [s.n.] Tanzania K000571021 No
Watermeyer [45] Tanzania K000571019 No
Faden, R.B.; Evans, A.; Wolf, T. [69/808] Kenya K000557911 No
Gilbert, M.G.; Gachathi, N.; Gatheri, G. [5209] Kenya K000557897 No
Thomas, D.W. [3933] Tanzania K000571018 No
Balansa [3129] New Caledonia K000856348 No
Cabalion, P. [2261] Vanuatu K000896034 No
Richards, H.M. [24071] Tanzania K000571007 No
Chandler, P. [2255] Kenya K000557908 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [7025] Tanzania K000571001 No
Beesley, J.S.S. [27] Tanzania K000571005 No
Deplanche [s.n.] New Caledonia K000896035 No
Seemann, B. [2235] United States K000896025 No
St. John, H. [22841] United States K000856349 No
Soakai, B. [238] Samoa K000896024 No
Faden, R.B. [69/944] Kenya K000557906 No
Richards, H.M. [26849] Tanzania K000571014 No
Tengwall, T.A. [4] Indonesia K000506356 No
Luke, W.R.Q. [3969] Kenya K000557895 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11370] Tanzania K000571003 No
Sands, M.J.S. [3856] Malaysia K000506355 No
Verdcourt, B. [365] Kenya K000557896 No
Greenway, P.J. [9123] Tanzania K000571008 No
Hancock, W. [?54] United States K000896018 No
Forbes, C.N. [594] United States K000896030 No
Stokes, J.F.G. [s.n.] United States K000896021 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001090136 Type Yes
Parks, H.E. [s.n.] Samoa K000896026 No
Lister, J.J. [s.n.] Samoa K000896013 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [11889] Tanzania K000571002 No
Soakai, B. [238] Samoa K000896022 No
Cameron, J., B. C. [151] Kenya K000557898 No
Hinds [s.n.] United States K000896032 No
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [4707] Kenya K000557909 No
Faden, R.B. [68/640] Kenya K000557899 No
Gardner, H.M. [979] Kenya K000557903 No
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1037] Tanzania K000570996 No
Forbes, C.N. [105] United States K000896020 No
Hancock, W. [?8] United States K000896017 No
Bytebier, B. [314] Kenya K000557894 No
St. John, H. [9991] United States K000896019 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K001090135 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stokes, J.F.G. [s.n.] United States K000896016 No
Verdcourt, B.; Greenway, P.J. [441] Kenya K000557907 No
Otake, J. [29] Kenya K000557900 No
Hillebrand [74] United States K000896027 No
Rosenstock, E. [s.nn.] Tanzania K000571010 No
Greenway, P.J. [2056] Tanzania K000571015 No
Copeland, E.B. [119] Philippines K000507548 No
Greenway, P.J.; Turner, M. [10709] Tanzania K000570998 No
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1719] Kenya K000557910 No
Mearns, E.A. [1131] Kenya K000557902 No
Forbes, C.N. [166] United States K000896028 No
Heller, A.A. [2479] United States K000896014 No
Otake, J. [29] Kenya K000557901 No
Broadway, W.E. [3866] Trinidad and Tobago Adiantum paradiseae K000633085 Unknown Type Material Yes
South Africa Adiantum paradiseae K000633086 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

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    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0