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Adiantum reniforme
Also called Lotus Leaved Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum reniforme (kidney-leaved maidenhair fern) is a species of fern in the genus Adiantum (maidenhairs), family Pteridaceae. It grows in sheltered rock crevices and on walls. It is native to Madeira (the type locality), Canary Islands and Cape Verde islands, and patchily in East Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Comoros, as well as a few relictual sites in the Tibesti in Chad. The leaves are large, round, dichotomously veined and have a very narrow red edge, marking the presence of the marginal indusium on the underside.
Different circumscriptions with different subspecies and varieties of the species are accepted by different authors.
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
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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.
