Tailed Maidenhair
Adiantum caudatum
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
How to identify Tailed Maidenhair
Identify Tailed Maidenhair by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb-terrestrial habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fronds end in a slender trailing tip that roots and forms a new plant.
- Confirm leaf type: Finely doubly-divided (bipinnate, lacy).
- Confirm leaf surface: Plain green underside.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Pteridaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tailed Maidenhair.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Adiantum caudatum
- Genus
- Adiantum
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Tropical Asia
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Assam, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Finely doubly-divided (bipinnate, lacy)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Plain green undersiderecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tailed Maidenhair itself; the rest are typical of the Pteridaceae family.
About Tailed Maidenhair
Tailed Maidenhair (Adiantum caudatum) belongs to the Pteridaceae family, where it grows as a ground herb. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Assam, Uttarakhand and 8 other states.
Pteridaceae
Maidenhair Fern Family
Tailed Maidenhair belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
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