Adiantum formosum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Adiantoideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species:

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

Typus: Australia: New South Wales, Port Jackson, 1802–05 R. Brown [67] (Lectotype, selected by Field 2020: BM 001044143; isotype: K).

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

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.

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.

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

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.
Field, A.R. 2020. Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 1–102. DOI: 10.1071/SB18011 Reference page.
Brownsey, P.J. & Perrie, L.R. 2021. Pteridaceae. In: Breitwieser, I. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 30. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln. DOI: 10.7931/dtkj-x078 Reference page.

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Hassler, M. 2022. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Adiantum formosum Accessed: 8 May 2022. Reference page.