Adiantum aleuticum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Polypodiales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Polypodiopsida
Ordo: Polypodiales

Familia: Pteridaceae
Subfamilia: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum aleuticum

Name

Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) C.A.Paris, Rhodora 93: 112 (1991).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Adiantum pedatum var. aleuticum Rupr., Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 3: 49 (1845).
      • Lectotype (designated by Paris 1991: 112): Unalaschka, Chamisso (NY, fragment ex LE).
  • Homotypic
    • Adiantum pedatum subsp. aleuticum (Rupr.) Piper & Beattie, Fl. N.W. Coast: 4 (1915).
    • Adiantum pedatum f. aleuticum (Rupr.) Clute, Our Ferns: 298, 383 (1938).
    • Adiantum pedatum subsp. aleuticum (Rupr.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor, Canad. J. Bot. 42: 1388 (1965), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Adiantum pedatum subsp. calderi Cody, Rhodora 85: 93 (1983).
      • Type: Quebec, Gaspé County, cold, sheltered ravines, Mt. Albert, 14 August 1905. J.F. Collins & M.L. Fernald s.n. (Holotype: DAO; isotype: GH)
    • Adiantum pedatum var. subpumilum W.H.Wagner, Canad. J. Bot. 56: 1727 (1978).
      • Type: British Columbia: Brooks Peninsula, NW Vancouver Island, 27 June 1977. J. Pojar & F. Boas 770191 (Holotype: MICH; isotypes: V, UBC).
      • Adiantum pedatum subsp. subpumilum (W.H.Wagner) Lellinger, Amer. Fern J. 74: 62 (1984).
      • Adiantum aleuticum var. subpumilum (W.H.Wagner) E.R.Alverson, Amer. Fern J. 100: 231 (2011) (accepted by Hassler, WorldPlants).

Hybrids

A. × tracyi 

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Europe (introduced)
    • Regional: Northern Europe
      • Great Britain.
    • Regional: Middle Europe
      • Belgium, Netherlands.
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Subarctic America
      • Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
    • Regional: Western Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia.
    • Regional: Eastern Canada
      • Newfoundland, Québec.
    • Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming.
    • Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Maine, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia.
    • Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Maryland.
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua), Mexico Northwest (Sinaloa, Sonora).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Paris, C.A. 1991. Adiantum viridimontanum, a new maidenhair fern in eastern North America. Rhodora 93(874): 105–122. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Western maidenhair fern
suomi: Tarha-adiantumi
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