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Cunningham's Maidenhair

Adiantum cunninghamii

Also called Maidenhair

Cunningham's Maidenhair
Photo: Mike Dickison, CC BY 4.0
Family
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
New Zealand
Climate
temperate

About

Adiantum cunninghamii is a maidenhair fern found in New Zealand. The sori are found under the curved leaf margins.

Other Adiantum plants

Adiantum aethiopicum · Adiantum alarconianum · Aleutian maidenhair · Adiantum amblyopteridium · Maidenhair fern · Bermuda Maidenhair Fern · Common maidenhair · Tailed maidenhair · Chilean Maidenhair Fern · Adiantum ciliatum · Polished maidenhair · Adiantum diaphanum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adiantum cunninghamii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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