- Family:
- Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
- Genus:
- Adiantum L.
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- cilantrillo, helecho cilantro, helecho granizo
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
- Vernacular
- Capilera, Cilantrillo, Culantrillo
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-blade usually narrowly ovate-triangular in outline, up to 26 x 19 cm, 3-pinnate
- Morphology Leaves Pinnules
- Pinnules cuneate-obovate, up to 2.7 x 2 cm, stalked, entire or irregularly lobed, sterile ones denticulate-crenulate, glabrous
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petiole dark brown to black, glabrous.
- Distribution
- N1–3 widespread in warmer parts of the world.
- Ecology
- Altitude range 300–2050 m.
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Gene Sources
- Used as gene sources.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Comoros, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Utah, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Austria, Belgium, Netherlands
- Adiantum affine Willd.
- Adiantum africanum R.Br.
- Adiantum capillaceum Dulac
- Adiantum capillus Sw.
- Adiantum capillus-veneris f. cristatum Moxley
- Adiantum capillus-veneris var. fissum Christ
- Adiantum capillus-veneris f. fissum (Christ) Ching
- Adiantum capillus-veneris var. grande Pynaert
- Adiantum capillus-veneris var. modestum (Underw.) Fernald
- Adiantum capillus-veneris var. protrusum Fernald
- Adiantum capillus-veneris f. rimicola (Sloss.) Fernald
- Adiantum capillus-veneris var. trifidum (Willd. ex Bolle) Milde
- Adiantum coriandrifolium Lam.
- Adiantum cuneifolium Stokes
- Adiantum diaphanum var. affine (Willd.) Alderw.
- Adiantum emarginatum Bory ex Willd.
- Adiantum fontanum Salisb.
- Adiantum formosum (J.Rémy) Gay
- Adiantum fumarioides Willd.
- Adiantum lingii Ching
- Adiantum maderense Lowe
- Adiantum marginatum Schrad.
- Adiantum michelii Christ
- Adiantum modestum Underw.
- Adiantum moritzianum Link
- Adiantum paradiseae Baker
- Adiantum pseudocapillus Fée
- Adiantum remyanum Espinosa
- Adiantum repandum Tausch
- Adiantum rimicola Sloss.
- Adiantum schaffneri E.Fourn.
- Adiantum subemarginatum Christ
- Adiantum trifidum Willd. ex Bolle
- Adiantum visianii Schloss. & Vuk.
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2018 | Haniff, M. [9095], Malaysia | K000491655 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2018 | Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000491654 | No | ||
Jul 1, 2011 | St. John, H. [16718], French Polynesia | K000856347 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2008 | Mhoro, B. [286], Tanzania | K000197488 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2008 | Luke, W.R.Q. [11571], Kenya | K000197490 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2008 | Frontier [179], Tanzania | K000197489 | No | ||
Jul 26, 1988 | New, C. [s.n.], Tanzania | K000571012 | No | ||
Jul 26, 1988 | Büchner [495], Uganda | K000557891 | No | ||
Jul 26, 1988 | Stoltz, A. [930], Tanzania | K000571020 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1938 | Powell, T. [216], Samoa | K000896029 | No | ||
Matthew, C.G. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000491657 | No | |||
Ridley, H.N. [2680], Malaysia | K000491660 | No | |||
Tengwall, T.A. [4], Indonesia | K000506356 | No | |||
Luke, W.R.Q. [3784], Tanzania | K000571000 | No | |||
Milne-Redhead, E. [7025], Tanzania | K000571001 | No | |||
Beesley, J.S.S. [27], Tanzania | K000571005 | No | |||
Cameron, J. B. C. [151], Kenya | K000557898 | No | |||
Mearns, E.A. [1131], Kenya | K000557902 | No | |||
Faden, R.B. [69/914], Kenya | K000557904 | No | |||
Chandler, P. [2255], Kenya | K000557908 | No | |||
Glover [1719], Kenya | K000557910 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [24071], Tanzania | K000571007 | No | |||
Peter, A. [43387], Tanzania | K000571009 | No | |||
Leighton, W.T. [s.n.], Tanzania | K000571013 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [26849], Tanzania | K000571014 | No | |||
Burtt, B.D. [1939], Tanzania | K000571016 | No | |||
North Wood G. [s.n.], Tanzania | K000571017 | No | |||
Hancock, W. [?8], USA | K000896017 | No | |||
Hancock, W. [?54], USA | K000896018 | No | |||
Forbes, C.N. [166], USA | K000896028 | No | |||
Soakai, B. [238], Samoa | K000896022 | No | |||
Deplanche [s.n.], New Caledonia | K000896035 | No | |||
Kamau [611], Kenya | K000696593 | No | |||
Ramos, M. [27599], Philippines | K000507549 | No | |||
Archbold, M.E. [356], Tanzania | K000570999 | No | |||
Seemann, B. [2235], USA | K000896025 | No | |||
Watermeyer [45], Tanzania | K000571019 | No | |||
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1037], Tanzania | K000570996 | No | |||
Stokes, J.F.G. [s.n.], USA | K000896021 | No | |||
Parks, H.E. [s.n.], Samoa | K000896026 | No | |||
Soakai, B. [238], Samoa | K000896023 | No | |||
Hillebrand [74], USA | K000896027 | No | |||
Hinds [s.n.], USA | K000896032 | No | |||
Lye, K.A. [5767], Uganda | K000557893 | No | |||
Cabalion, P. [2261], Vanuatu | K000896034 | No | |||
Doggett, W.G. [s.n.], Uganda | K000557892 | No | |||
Copeland, E.B. [119], Philippines | K000507548 | No | |||
Lister, J.J. [s.n.], Samoa | K000896012 | No | |||
Forbes, C.N. [105], USA | K000896020 | No | |||
Forbes, C.N. [594], USA | K000896030 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [2056], Tanzania | K000571015 | No | |||
Elmer, A.D.E. [6417], Philippines | K000507546 | No | |||
Lister, J.J. [s.n.], Samoa | K000896013 | No | |||
Faden, R.B. [69/808], Kenya | K000557911 | No | |||
Stokes, J.F.G. [s.n.], USA | K000896016 | No | |||
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Malaysia | K000491658 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [11889], Tanzania | K000571002 | No | |||
Otake, J. [29], Kenya | K000557900 | No | |||
Bytebier, B. [314], Kenya | K000557894 | No | |||
Geesteranus, R.A.M. [4707], Kenya | K000557909 | No | |||
Degener, O. [3207], USA | K000896015 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [365], Kenya | K000557896 | No | |||
St. John, H. [9991], USA | K000896019 | No | |||
Gardner, H.M. [979], Kenya | K000557903 | No | |||
Parris, B.S. [11002], Malaysia | K000491656 | No | |||
Faden, R.B. [69/944], Kenya | K000557906 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [10709], Tanzania | K000570998 | No | |||
Soakai, B. [238], Samoa | K000896024 | No | |||
Menzies, A. [s.n.], USA | K000896031 | No | |||
Bigger, M. [2323], Tanzania | K000571006 | No | |||
Otake, J. [29], Kenya | K000557901 | No | |||
Richards, H.M. [21792], Tanzania | K000570995 | No | |||
Heller, A.A. [2479], USA | K000896014 | No | |||
Rosenstock, E. [s.nn.], Tanzania | K000571010 | No | |||
Luke, W.R.Q. [3969], Kenya | K000557895 | No | |||
Ramos, M. [27136], Philippines | K000507547 | No | |||
Thomas, D.W. [3933], Tanzania | K000571018 | No | |||
Rosenstock, E. [s.n.], Tanzania | K000571021 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] | K001090136 | holotype | Yes | ||
Greenway, P.J. [10973], Tanzania | K000571004 | No | |||
Faden, R.B. [68/640], Kenya | K000557899 | No | |||
Boyd, E. [s.n.], USA | K000896033 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [11370], Tanzania | K000571003 | No | |||
anonymous [s.n.], Tanzania | K000571011 | No | |||
Grimshaw, J.M. [93/1037], Tanzania | K000570997 | No | |||
St. John, H. [22841], USA | K000856349 | No | |||
Gilbert, M.G. [5209], Kenya | K000557897 | No | |||
Sands, M.J.S. [3856], Malaysia | K000506355 | No | |||
Balansa [3129], New Caledonia | K000856348 | No | |||
Schlieben, H.J. [6034], Tanzania | K000571022 | No | |||
Verdcourt, B. [441], Kenya | K000557907 | No | |||
Faden, R,B. [68/766], Kenya | K000557905 | No | |||
Greenway, P.J. [9123], Tanzania | K000571008 | No | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], Mauritius | Adiantum capillus | K001109169 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 73] | Adiantum capillus | K001109175 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], Nepal | Adiantum capillus | K001109168 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], India | Adiantum capillus | K001109170 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 73], India | Adiantum capillus | K001109173 | Yes | ||
Singh, B. [Cat. no. 73], Nepal | Adiantum capillus | K001109172 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73], India | Adiantum capillus | K001109171 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73] | Adiantum capillus | K001109176 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 73] | Adiantum capillus | K001109174 | Yes | ||
Broadway, W.E. [3866], Trinidad & Tobago | Adiantum paradiseae | K000633085 | Yes | ||
South Africa | Adiantum paradiseae | K000633086 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1096 (1753)
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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