| Adiantum tenerum | |
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| Adiantum tenerum at the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova | |
| Conservation status | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Adiantum |
| Species: | A. tenerum |
| Binomial name | |
| Adiantum tenerum Sw., 1788 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Adiantum tenerum, common name brittle maidenhair fern, is a species of maidenhair fern belonging to the family Pteridaceae.
Distribution
This fern species is native to Florida (United States), Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela.
It is restricted to moist, shaded, limestone ledges and grottoes.
Description
Adiantum tenerum grows in a creeping position. Leaves are light green, pinnate, fan-shaped, glabrous, arching or pendent, about as long as broad.
References
- "NatureServe Explorer - Adiantum tenerum". NatureServe Explorer Adiantum tenerum. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Adiantum tenerum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Flora of North America
External links
Categories:- NatureServe secure species
- Adiantum
- Ferns of the Americas
- Ferns of Brazil
- Ferns of Mexico
- Ferns of the United States
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of the Bahamas
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Flora of Florida
- Flora of Jamaica
- Flora of Puerto Rico
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of Venezuela
- Flora of the Yucatán Peninsula
- Taxa named by Olof Swartz