Pteridaceae
Adiantum

Adiantum incisum Forssk.

First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 187 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula Indian Subcontinent to China (Yunnan). It is a perennial or lithophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Adiantaceae, A. H. G. Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ferns and Fern-Allies Supplement. 1959

Ecology
Weed in roadside ditches, etc.
[FWTA]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blade narrowly lanceolate, up to 26 x 4 cm, simply pinnate
Morphology Leaves Pinnae
Pinnae ± oblong, up to 2 x 1 cm, shortly stalked, irregularly incised along upper margin, hairy
Morphology Leaves Petiole
Petiole dark brown to black, up to 9 cm long, hairy.
Distribution
N1, 2 widespread in tropical and southern Africa; Arabia and India
Ecology
Altitude range c. 1000–1160 m.
[FSOM]

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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  • Kew Science Photographs

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