Adiantum tenerum

Adiantum tenerum, common name brittle maidenhair fern, is a species of maidenhair fern belonging to the family Pteridaceae.^[3]

Adiantum tenerum
Adiantum tenerum at the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Genus:	Adiantum
Species:	A. tenerum
Binomial name
Adiantum tenerum Sw., 1788
Synonyms
Adiantum assimile Link [2] Adiantum extensum Fée Adiantum ghiesbreghtii hort. ex Backh. Adiantum glaucophyllum Hook. Adiantum littorale Jenm. Adiantum multiforme A. Br. Adiantum tenerum var. obtusissimum H. Christ Adiantum trapezoides Fée

Distribution

This fern species is native to Florida (United States), Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Bahamas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela.^[3][2]

It is restricted to moist, shaded, limestone ledges and grottoes.

Description

Adiantum tenerum grows in a creeping position. Leaves are light green, pinnate, fan-shaped, glabrous, arching or pendent, about as long as broad.^[4]