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Adiantum L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1094 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000000695.

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Synonyms of Adiantum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Hewardia J.Sm. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 432 (1841) wfo-4000017811
Adiantellum C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 157 (1836) — wfo-4100004312
Apotomia Fée Mém. Foug. 5 (Gen. Filic.): 112 (1852) — wfo-4100004326
Mesopleuria T.Moore Index Fil. [T. Moore] 36 (1857) — wfo-4100004485

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Adiantum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum aethiopicum var. hirsutum (Hook. & Grev.) Kuntze – wfo-0001392564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum aethiopicum var. viridissimum Sodiro Anales Univ. Centr. Ecuador 7: 179. 1893 Sodiro, Crypt. Vasc. Quitenses, 69. 1893 wfo-0001379940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum amplum var. brasiliense Kuhn Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 346. 1881 wfo-0001379941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum angustatum Kaulf. Enum. Filic. : 202 (1824) wfo-0000140148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum bausei T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 12. 456 f. 69-70, 73. (1879) wfo-0000140978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum bennettii Carruth. Fl. Vit. : 346 (1873) wfo-0000141070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum birkenheadii T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 25. 648. 1886 (1886) wfo-0000141179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum burnii T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 447. 1887 (1887) wfo-0000141698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum caffrorum (L.) L.f. – — wfo-1000067797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum catherinae J.Sm. Ferns Brit. Foreign (ed. 2) 310. 1877 [Jul-Aug 1877] wfo-0000162948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum charlottae Anon. Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 1890. 377; Gartenfl. 53. 216. (1890) wfo-0000142754
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum chilense f. typica Hieron. Hedwigia 48: 240. 1909 wfo-0001321874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum chilense var. hirsutum Hook. & Grev. Icon. Filic. 2: tab. 173 (1830) wfo-0001112598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum cicutifolium Noronha Mélang. Bot. 3(prodr. phytol.): 1 (1811) wfo-0000143339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum claesianum L. Lind. et Rod. L'Ill. Hort. 1894. 137 t. 9. wfo-0000143426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum claesii L.Linden & Rodigas Ill. Hort. 41: 137, pl. 9 (1894) wfo-0000143449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum coadrifolium Lam. Fl. France 2: 1096 1753 — wfo-0001107917
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum collisii H.J.Veitch Cat. Pl. : 9 (1885) wfo-0000143606
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum conandrifolium Lam. Fl. Franç. 1: 29 1778 — wfo-0001109965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum conglomeratum Anon. Mag. 269. 1903 wfo-0000143832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum croweanum Crowe Mag. 211. 1904 wfo-0000144397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum culantrillo Larrañaga Escritos Damaso Antonio Larranaga 2: 259. 1923 , nomen nudum; & Pub. Inst. Hist. Geog. Uruguay wfo-0000144446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum cultrifolium Noronha Mélang. Bot. 3(prodr. phytol.): 1 (1811) wfo-0000144614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum cuneatum f. typica Hieron. Hedwigia 48: 239. 1909 wfo-0001321876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum cuneatum var. majus Baker Fl. Bras. (Martius) 1(2): 594. 1870 [1 May 1870] wfo-0001379964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum cunninghamii var. cunninghamii – – wfo-0001388099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum curvatum var. genuinum Baker Fl. Bras. (Martius) 1(2): 376. 1870 [1 May 1870] wfo-0001379971
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum daddsii T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 42. 1887 (1887) wfo-0000145258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum duale Jenman Gard. Chron. , ser. 3. 13: 10,40 (1893) wfo-0000146702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum elegans T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 25. 200. 1886 (1886) wfo-0000146905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum ethiopicum Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. 238 (non Adiantum aethiopicum (1894) wfo-0000147168
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum falcinellum Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 326 (1811) wfo-0001221304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum fasciculatum May Chr. III. 22. 9. 1897 wfo-0000147570
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum faulkneri Rochford Chr. III. 24. 241. 1898 wfo-0000147622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum festum T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 110. 1887 (1887) wfo-0000147684
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum fiebrigii Hieron. – — wfo-0001233169
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum fimbriatum var. fimbriatum – – — wfo-0001124088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum flagellum subsp. schizaeoides Rosend. Ark. Bot. 14(18): 2, pl. 1, fig. 3, 4. 1916 wfo-0001367996
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum flemmingii ht.van Houtte – wfo-0000148065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum formosum var. formosum – – wfo-0001388104
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum fossarum Rojas Acosta Bull. Géogr. Bot. 28: 156 (1918) wfo-0000148440
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum fragrantissimum Henders. ex T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 447. 1887 (1887) wfo-0000148822
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum fruticosum Noronha Mélang. Bot. 3(prodr. phytol.): 1 (1811) wfo-0000148989
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum gibbosum Roem. ex Kuhn Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 344 (1881) wfo-0000149275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum glaucinum Kuntze Farnkr. Jetztw. : 82 (1865) wfo-0000149495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum groenewegenianum Regel Gartenflora 16. 16. 1867 (1867) wfo-0000149881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum gronewegii Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866. 73 (p. 6: Groenewegianu (1866) wfo-0000149910
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hemsleyanum May Chr. III. 23. 332 f. 124. 1898 wfo-0000150136
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hians T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 41. 1887; Bak. Ann. B (1887) wfo-0000150403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hispidulum f. hispidulum – – wfo-0001327453
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hispidulum f. marginatum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 wfo-0001327454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hispidulum f. subcrispatum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1913 wfo-0001327455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum – Index Filicum 4 1857 wfo-0001401512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum hybridum J.H.Ley Gardening (Chicago) 12(no. 265): 390 (photogr.) (1903) wfo-0000154938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum irvinianum Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. (1854) wfo-0000151717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lambertianum Anon. Ill. Gartenzeit. 345. 1890 wfo-0000152888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lathomi Wills Gard. Chron. , n.s., 16. 685. 1881 (1881) wfo-0000153455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum legrandii Veitch Chr. III. 15. 665. 1894 wfo-0000153608
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lindenii T.Moore Gard. Chron. 1866. 778. HB. 473 (1866) wfo-0000153841
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lindsaya Cav. Descr. Pl. (Cavanilles) 271. 1802 wfo-0001328334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lineatum Bosschere Ill. Hort. 42: 185, 312, pl. 44 (1895) wfo-0000154008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lineatum L.Linden Ill. Hort. 1895. 185, 312 t. 44 (1895) wfo-0000153975
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum luddemannianum Moore Florist & Pomol. 1876: 93 cum fig. 1876 (1876) wfo-0000154653
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum luddemannianum Veitch Catalogue (Veitch) 68 c. fig. 1878 wfo-0000154606
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum lunulatum Cav. Descr. Pl. 272 (1882), nom. illeg., non (Roxb.) Burm. — wfo-1000070057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum macrodatum Klotzsch – — wfo-0001119953
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum macrodus Kaulf. – wfo-0000154993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum mairisii T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 24. 294. 1885 (1885) wfo-0000155105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum manicatum Anon. Garden 38. 94. 1900 (1900) wfo-0000155131
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum mundulum T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 12. 84. 1879 (1879) wfo-0000156738
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum nebulosum Pynaert Chr. III. 13. 415. 1893 wfo-0000157062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum odoratum Wallis () wfo-0000157755
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum ornatum Ching Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. , Bot. 11: 55 (1941) wfo-0001122665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum ovatifolium Noronha Mélang. Bot. 3(prodr. phytol.): 1 (1811) wfo-0000158020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum owenii T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 110. 1887 (1887) wfo-0000158033
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum pacotti Anon. Gard. Chron. , n.s., 25. 14 (1886) wfo-0000158088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum papyraceum Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 307 (1827) wfo-0001224929
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum pulverulentum f. genuinum Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(4): 489. 1904 [25 Oct 1904] , as 'pulverulum' wfo-0001321881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum radicans L. Fl. Jamaic. (Linnaeus) 23. 1759 [22 Dec 1759] wfo-0000161530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum reginae Veitch Cat. 1888; Wien. Ill. Gartenzeit. (1888) wfo-0000161888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum rhizophyture Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 1824. 872; Mart. Ic. Cr. Bras (1824) wfo-0000162503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum rhodophyllum T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 21. 372. 1884 (1884) wfo-0000162537
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum rollandiae Anon. Hort. 391. 1913 wfo-0000162914
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum schizophyllum Moore Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 1887. 377 (1887) wfo-0000162981
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum schmidtchenii Hieron. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(4): 487 (1904) wfo-0000162998
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum sellowianum C.Presl Tent. Pterid. 159. 1836 (nomen) (1836) wfo-0000163030
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum semicirculare Hochst. – — wfo-0001109959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum siebertianum Sander Chr. 51. Suppl. p. XV. 1912 wfo-0000163099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum stellatum Warsz. ex Salomon Nomencl. Gefässkrypt. : 22 (1883) wfo-0000163125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum striatum Schkuhr Deutschl. Krypt. Gew. 1: 109 (1809) wfo-0000163229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum stubelii Hieron. Hedwigia 48: 235, pl. 11, fig. 11 (1909) wfo-0000163242
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum tenue var. tenue – – wfo-0001388522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum tenuifolia Sw. Schrader's Journal f?r die Botanik 1800, 2 1802 wfo-0001348492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum trapesiforme Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2 238. 1894 = Adiantum trapeziforme L. wfo-0000163438
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum triquetrum C.Presl ex Ettingsh. Farnkr. Jetztw. : 81 (1865) wfo-0000163564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum velutinum T.Moore Gard. Chron. 1866. 777. HB. 472 (1866) wfo-0000139426
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum veneris L. – — wfo-0001124096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum versaillense Anon. Gard. & Forest 1: 376 (1888) wfo-0000139461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum victoriae T.Moore Gard. Chron. , n.s., 17. 428. 1882 (1882) wfo-0000139472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Adiantum waltonii T.Moore Gard. Chron. III. 1. 111. 1887 (1887) wfo-0000139520