Adiantum hirsutum Bory

  • Authority

    Proctor, George R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 1-389.

  • Family

    Pteridaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Adiantum hirsutum Bory

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - General Distribution. Naturally endemic to the Mascarene Islands (Reunion, Mauritius, and Rodriguez), now widely cultivated in w a r m countries.Cultivated in Puerto Rico; not observed escaping here.]

  • Discussion

    Type: Bory from Mauritius (P; isotypes B, FI, as cited by Pichi-Sermolli, Webbia 12: 676. 1957).

    This species, widely cultivated in the West Indies and sometimes escaping (Jamaica), has often wrongly been called Adiantum caudatum; the latter is a similar and closely-related plant of India.

  • Distribution

    General Distribution. Naturally endemic to the Mascarene Islands (Reunion, Mauritius, and Rodriguez), now widely cultivated in w a r m countries.Cultivated in Puerto Rico; not observed escaping here.]

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