Adiantum raddianum C. Presl, Tent. Pterid. 158 158 1836 (syn: Adiantum aemulum Moore; Adiantum aethiopicum Hook. ex Bak. (ambiguous synonym); Adiantum amabile Moore (ambiguous synonym); Adiantum colpodes T. Moore; Adiantum cuneatum Langsd. & Fisch.; Adiantum cuneatum G. Forst.; Adiantum cuneipinnulum Nair & Ghosh;  Adiantum decorum Moore; Adiantum decorum var. quadripinnatum Rosenst.; Adiantum mexicanum C. Presl; Adiantum moorei Baker; Adiantum tinctum Moore; Adiantum wagneri Bak.; Adiantum werckleanum H. Christ);
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Mexico to Tropical America: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is. ; Introduced into: Assam, Azores, Belgium, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Jamaica, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madeira, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, Northern Provinces, Portugal, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Mexico (Chiapas, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala), El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Caldas, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nario, Quindo, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Pernambuco, Bahia), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goias, Distrito Federal), SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Jujuy, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Paraguay (Alto Parana, Amambay, Caazapa, Canindeyu, Guaira, Paraguari), Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Florida Prov., Maldonado, Paysandu, Salto, Tacuarembo), Jamaica (I), Trinidad (I), Dominica, South Africa (I) (Limpopo (I), Gauteng (I), Mpulamanga (I), E-Cape Prov. (I), W-Cape Prov. (I), KwaZulu-Natal (I)), Mozambique (I), Malawi (I), Zimbabwe (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), D.R. Congo (Zaire), Sao Tom (I), Principe Isl. (I), Ascension Isl. (I), St. Helena (I), La Runion (I), Mauritius (I), India (I), Sri Lanka (I), Sulawesi (I), Lesser Sunda Isl. (I) (Bali (I), Lombok (I), Timor (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Lanai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Gilbert Isl. (I) (Tarawa (I)), New Zealand (I), Society Isl. (I) (Moorea (I)), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Taiwan (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Azores (I) (Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Flores Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Palma Isl. (I)) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Delta Maidenhair Fern;
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Fern for ID : 250111 : AK-1:
Taken at Munnar, Kerala in October,2008.


Adiantum capillusveneris,
The maidenhair fern


Adiantum raddianum



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Adiantum raddianum C.Presl. SN19420b : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb.
Wild fern from Western Ghats Tamilnadu.


Adiantum raddeanum, a South American species adventive in Asia and now common in South India.



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