Adiantum melanoleucum Willd.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Pteridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Eootstock short. Stipes slender, smooth, nearly black, shining, 1-3 dm. long. Blades mostly 2-pinnate. sometimes only once pinnate, 1-4 dm. long, glabrous; pinnules usually many, sessile, obliquely oblong, thin, 8-25 mm. long, irregularly toothed or lacerate on the upper and outer margins, the lower margin entire or nearly so; uppermost segments commonly confluent; sori few, oblong or semilinear.
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Distribution
In sink-holes, New Providence, Eleuthera : Florida ; Jamaica ; Cuba ; Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico. Dark Maiden-hair Fern.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America|