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  1. Family: Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
    1. Genus: Adiantum L.

      1. Adiantum tenerum Sw.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.

    [UPB]

    The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

    Ecology
    Alt. 800 - 1650 m.
    Habit
    Herb.
    Distribution
    Native from Colombia.
    Conservation
    Not Evaluated.
    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Colombia
    [UPB]
    Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
    Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Bahamas, Belize, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

    Introduced into:

    Andaman Is., Hawaii, India, Malaya, Marianas, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Adiantum tenerum Sw. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jan 1, 2018 Clemens, M.S. [9700], Malaysia K000506357
    Dec 1, 2005 Gaerlan [20231], Philippines K000507552
    Dec 1, 2005 Gaerlan [20231], Philippines K000507553
    Robertson, S.A. [7269], Kenya K000571648
    Robertson, S.A. [7269], Kenya K000571649
    Croft, J.R. [1252], Papua New Guinea K000519181
    Chin, S.C. [3348], Malaysia K000491661
    Raulerson, L. [13707], Guam K000896036
    s.coll. [s.n.] K001090095 holotype
    s.coll. [s.n.] K001090096
    s.coll. [s.n.], Barbados K001090097
    s.coll. [s.n.] K001090098
    s.coll. [s.n.] K001090099
    s.coll. [s.n.] K001090100
    s.coll. [s.n.] K001090101
    s.coll. [s.n.] Adiantum ghiesbreghtii K001090127

    Bibliography

    First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 135 (1788)

    Accepted by

    • Kuo, L.Y. & al. (2019). Updating Taiwanese pteridophyte checklist: a new phylogenetic classification Taiwania 64: 367-395.
    • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
    • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

    Literature

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
    • Kew Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) https://www.kew.org/science/data-and-resources/tools-and-services/medicinal-plant-names-services in The State of the World’s Plants Report–2016. (2016). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew https://stateoftheworldsplants.or

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Kuo, L.Y. & al. (2019). Updating Taiwanese pteridophyte checklist: a new phylogenetic classification Taiwania 64: 367-395.
    • Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

    Sources

    Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
    ColPlantA database
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0