✿Pteridaceae · Adiantum
Tailed Maidenhair
Adiantum caudatum
Herb-TerrestrialMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
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.
Botanical family
Pteridaceae
Maidenhair Fern Family
Tailed Maidenhair belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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