Adiantum pedatum

Adiantum pedatum
Northern Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) in Willsboro, New York

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum
Species:
A. pedatum
Binomial name
Adiantum pedatum
Varieties[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum Rupr.
  • Adiantum pedatum f. billingsae Kittr.
  • Adiantum pedatum var. kamtschaticum Rupr.
  • Adiantum pedatum f. laciniatum Weath.
  • Adiantum pedatum subsp. pedatum
  • Adiantum pedatum var. pedatum
  • Adiantum pedatum f. pedatum

Adiantum pedatum, the northern maidenhair fern or five-fingered fern, is a species of fern in the family Pteridaceae,[3] native to moist forests in eastern North America. Like other ferns in the genus, the name maidenhair refers to the slender, shining black stipes.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Adiantum pedatum Northern Maidenhair Fern". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Adiantum pedatum L." The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Christenhusz-2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).