Adiantum tenerum Sw.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Adiantum tenerum Sw.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Rootstock short, thick. Stipes smooth, nearly black, shining, 1-3 dm. long. Blades 2-4-pinnatc, 2-4 dm. long:, glabrous; pinnules many, filiform-stalked, subrhombic, membranous, cuneate at the base, dentate or incised above, delicately many-veined, jointed with the stalk, 8-25 mm. long; sori few or several, roundish or oblong.

  • Discussion

    In caves, sink-holes and on steps. Abaco, Andros. New Providence, Eleuthera : Florida; Jamaica: Cuba to St. Thomas and St. ('mix: St. Kitts to Tobago: continental tropical America. The fern recorded by Coker is Adiantum Capillus Veneris L., is, apparently, this species. Slender Maiden-hair Fern.

  • Distribution

    Abaco, Andros. New Providence, Eleuthera : Florida; Jamaica: Cuba to St. Thomas and St. Croix, St. Kitts to Tobago: continental tropical America.

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