Pteridaceae
Adiantum

Adiantum aethiopicum L.

First published in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1329 (1759)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, Australasia to New Caledonia. It grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Queensland, Socotra, South Australia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Uganda, Victoria, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Sulawesi

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • 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.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Allan, H.A. (1961). Flora of New Zealand 1: 1-1085. Botany division, D.S.I.R., Christchurch.
  • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001090083 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K001090082 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cunningham, A. [s.n.] Australia K001090079 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001090080 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stuart, J.M. [s.n.] Australia K001090081 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images