Adiantum gertrudis

Species of fern

Adiantum gertrudis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum
Species:
A. gertrudis
Binomial name
Adiantum gertrudis
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Adiantum gertrudis is a threatened species of ferns in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae[1] that occurs in central South America.[2] One locus of occurrence of A. gertrudis is within central Chile at the La Campana National Park.[3] A morphological trait unique to A. gertrudis is the hairs covering its fronds.

References

  1. ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
  2. ^ Michael Hassler and Brian Swale, 2002
  3. ^ C. Michael Hogan, 2008
  • Chilebosque (2011) Adiantum gertrudis species information.
  • Michael Hassler and Brian Swale (2002) Adiantum genus
  • C. Michael Hogan (2008) Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
Taxon identifiers
Adiantum gertrudis


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