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Adiantum diaphanum, the filmy maidenhair fern, is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum, native to East Asia and Australasia, from southern Japan south to New Zealand. It grows to 20 cm long at the most, with very dark green fronds covered with bristles.
It is native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangxi), Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands.
Adiantum aethiopicum · Adiantum alarconianum · Aleutian maidenhair · Adiantum amblyopteridium · Maidenhair fern · Bermuda Maidenhair Fern · Common maidenhair · Tailed maidenhair · Chilean Maidenhair Fern · Adiantum ciliatum · Polished maidenhair · Cunningham's Maidenhair
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adiantum diaphanum 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.
