Adiantum tenerum Sw.

First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 135 (1788)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a rhizomatous lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as a medicine and has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 800–1650 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Boyacá, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Magdalena.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 800 - 1650 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Distribution
Native from Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.
[UPB]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
Rhizome short-creeping, densely clothed with lustrous dark brown scales having pale, lacerate margins
Morphology Leaves
Fronds few, distichous, erect and spreading or sometimes pendent, reaching 70 cm long or more, the stipes lustrous black or purple-black, smooth
Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina
Lamina deltate-ovate, subpentagonal, nearly as broad as long, 3–5-pinnate at the base; pinnae alternate, stalked; ultimate divisions more or less rhombic-oblong to flabellate-cuneate, on 2–4 mm stalks, these distinctly jointed at the apex
Morphology Reproductive morphology Sori
Sori retuse-oblong, borne in pairs on each of the lightly bifid lobes of the distal margin.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Southern United States, the West Indies, and Mexico to northern S. America.
Ecology
Cayman plants occur on shaded limestone banks and ledges, and in moist, shaded ‘wells’, not common.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Colombia
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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    • '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/
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    • © 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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