• Family : PTERIDACEAE
  (MAIDENHAIR FERN FAMILY)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PTERIDACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Adiantum capillus-veneris L
• Common name : Ray-fern, Maidenhair Fern, Venus hair, Southern Maiden hair
• Habit : Herb-Terrestrial
• Comments / notes : Lithophytic; 'According to Holttum (1954), the botanical name, Adiantum (unwetted) refers to the pinnae not getting wet by water-drops. Common in wide range of habitats- on old walls, rock crevices and moist places, also cultivated
• Collector(s) Name : C. J. Saldanha
• Collection Date : 27/12/16
• Collection Nos : CJS 16111
• Collection Locality : Hassan District
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Chikamagalur district, Hassan district, Kodagu district, Mysore district
  • Tamil Nadu : Yercaud Hills (Salem district)
• Native : Tropics of the World
• World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Fraser-Jenkins, Taxonomic revision of Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes 2008; Rajagopal & Bhat, Pteridophytic flora of Karnataka State- 1998; Manickam V.S & Irudayaraj V. (1992)- Pteridophyte flora of W.Ghats, South India; Lansdown, R.V. & Bilz, M. 2013. Adiantum capillus-veneris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T164082A13536625. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T164082A13536625.en. Downloaded on 02 August 2016.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Adiantum capillus-veneris. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

Botanical Description

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