Biology:Adiantum gertrudis

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Short description: Species of fern

Adiantum gertrudis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum
Species:
A. gertrudis
Binomial name
Adiantum gertrudis
Espin.

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". Phytotaxa 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2. http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2011/f/pt00019p054.pdf. 
  2. Michael Hassler and Brian Swale, 2002
  3. C. Michael Hogan, 2008

Wikidata ☰ Q4682653 entry