Family: Pteridaceae
Adiantum
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 1094 (1753).
Derivation: Greek adiantos, dry; the leaves remaining dry when dipped in water.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Maiden-hair.
Description:
Rhizome tufted or long-creeping; stipes not articulated to the rhizome, black to brown, often shining, scaly at the base; lamina l-4-pinnate, glabrous or very sparsely hairy (in Australian species); ultimate segments flabellate, cuneate or dimidiate; veins free, dichotomous; sori marginal; indusium false, oblong or reniform.
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Image source: fig. 17a in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig 17b in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 17k in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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Cosmopolitan; about 200 species.
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
Author:
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