Adiantum
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This article is about the plant. For the cipher, see Adiantum (cipher).
Adiantum (/ˌædiˈæntəm/),[1] the maidenhair fern (not to be confused with the similar-looking maidenhair spleenwort fern), is a genus of about 250 species of ferns in the subfamily Vittarioideae of the family Pteridaceae,[2] though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from Greek, meaning "unwetted", referring to the fronds' ability to shed water without becoming wet.
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Adiantum | |
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Western five-fingered fern (Adiantum aleuticum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Family: | Pteridaceae |
Subfamily: | Vittarioideae |
Genus: | Adiantum L. |
Type species | |
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. | |
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