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Adiantum hispidulum
Adiantum hispidulum Sw.
garden maidenhair, rough maidenhair
ID_PLANT: ADHI
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Adiantum hispidulum
GENUS: Adiantum
FAMILY: PTERID - Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern Family)
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USDA PLANTS DATABASE
USDA Symbol: ADHI
USDA Common Name: Rough Maidenhair
Native Status: L48 (I), HI (I)
Distribution: USA (AL, CT, GA, HI, LA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Adiantum hispidulum
COMMON NAME: Rough Maidenhair, Garden Maidenhair
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, FoC, K, S]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Stone walls, old wells; native of Asia and Africa.
COMMENTS: Reported for GA (Harper 1903).
RANGE MAP: Adiantum hispidulum.png
ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchner 1831 (Maidenhair Fern Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 40 genera and about 1000 species. Here circumscribed to include Vittariaceae (see Smith et al. 2006). This family may be further subdivided, into families Adiantaceae (Adiantum, Vittaria), Sinopteridaceae (Myriopteris, Notholaena, Astrolepis, Pellaea), Cryptogrammaceae (Cryptogramma), Pteridaceae (Pteris), and Parkeriaceae (Acrostichum, Ceratopteris).
REFERENCE: Grusz & Windham (2013); Lellinger (1985); Windham in FNA (1993b); Tryon, Tryon, & Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990); Crane (1997). {add for FL: Acrostichum aureum, Adiantum melanoleucum, Adiantum villosum, Pityrogramma trifoliata, Pteris bahamensis, Pteris grandifolia, Pteris plumula}
ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Adiantum Linnaeus 1753 (Maidenhair Fern)
SUMMARY: A genus of 150-200 species, nearly cosmopolitan.
REFERENCE: Paris in FNA (1993b); Lu et al. (2011)=Z; Lin, Prado, & Gilbert in FoC (2013); Tryon, Tryon, & Kramer in Kramer & Green (1990).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Adiantum hispidulum in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Adiantum hispidulum in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
WEB RESOURCES
USDA: Find Adiantum hispidulum in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Adiantum hispidulum in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Adiantum hispidulum in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Adiantum hispidulum
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