Adiantum gertrudis
Adiantum gertrudis is a threatened species of ferns in the Vittarioideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae[1] that occurs in central South America.[2] One locus of occurrence of A. gertrudis is within central Chile at the La Campana National Park.[3] A morphological trait unique to A. gertrudis is the hairs covering its fronds.
| Adiantum gertrudis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Adiantum |
| Species: | A. gertrudis |
| Binomial name | |
| Adiantum gertrudis Espin. | |
References
- Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Zhang, Xian-Chun; Schneider, Harald (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54.
- Michael Hassler and Brian Swale, 2002
- C. Michael Hogan, 2008
- Chilebosque (2011) Adiantum gertrudis species information.
- Michael Hassler and Brian Swale (2002) Adiantum genus
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
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