About broadleaf maidenhair
Adiantum latifolium, the broadleaf maidenhair, is a species of maidenhair fern in the family Pteridaceae. It was first described in 1783 in Encyclopédie méthodique Botanique. The species is native to a wide range from southern Mexico through Central America and much of tropical South America, as well as several Caribbean islands. Its distribution includes Argentina (Northeast), Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and the Leeward and Windward Islands.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Adiantum latifolium
- Genus
- Adiantum
- Family
- PTERIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Pteridaceae
MAIDENHAIR FERN FAMILY
broadleaf maidenhair belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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