| Pteridophyte | Literature for Adiantum capillus-veneris
Palmer, 2003. |
| Pteridaceae | Bibliography |
| Adiantum capillus-veneris | |
Common name(s): `iwa`iwa, maidenhair ferns, `iwa`iwa, `iwa`iwa hawai, `iwa`iwa kahakaha, maidenhair fern, Venus' hair fern |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Worldwide in tropical or subtropical regions; commonly grown in horticulture.In the Hawaiian Islands, indigenous to Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habitat | Shaded rock banks, coastal seeps, and in sea caves | |
| Elevation | 0-430 m |
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| Habit |
Terrestrial or epipetric, delicate, on shady banks; rhizomes short-creeping, covered with tan scales. |
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| Leaves |
Fronds erect to spreading, 15-50 cm long; stipe dark brown to purplish black, glabrous, shiny; blade 1- to 3-pinnate, regularly pinnately divided, lanceolate to ovate; ultimate segments fan-shaped, membranous, lower margins wedge-shaped with centrally attached pinnule stalks, outer margins rounded, finely toothed, often shallowly to deeply irregularly lobed; veins extending into marginal teeth, except for those ending in sori. |
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| Sori |
Sori 3-7 per segment, bar-shaped at tips of lobes. |
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| Notes |
Latin capillus, hair, + Venereus, of Venus. |
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| Contributor |
Sally Eichhorn |