Pteridaceae
Adiantum

Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) C.A.Paris

First published in Rhodora 93: 112 (1991)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to N. Mexico. It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Newfoundland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Québec, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Belgium, Great Britain, Netherlands

Recorded in error in:

Maryland

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Flora of China Editorial Committee (2013). Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae. Flora of China 2-3: 1-959. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Adiantum pedatum.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gonggrijp, S. & al. (2021). Nova Flora Neerlandica, Lycopodiopsida & Polypodiopsida: 1-275. KNVV uitgeverij.
  • 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.
  • Verloove, F. (2019). Manual of the Alien Plants of Belgium http://alienplantsbelgium.be.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
English, C.S., Jr. [s.n.] United States K001612877 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 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

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images