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oblique maidenhair
Scientific Name: Adiantum obliquum
Family: Pteridaceae
Category: Fern
Growth: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Adiantum obliquum - Oblique Maidenhair
Adiantum obliquum, commonly known as Oblique Maidenhair, is a non-woody plant (forb/herb) belonging to the genus Adiantum. The genus itself is widely referred to as maidenhair fern.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Adiantum obliquum Willd.
- Common Name: Oblique Maidenhair
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Synonyms: (None explicitly listed, but the text refers to "names for this taxon," suggesting possible alternative names)
- Family: Pteridaceae (inferred from Taxonomic Tree: Plant (Plantae) · Filicinophyta · Filicopsida · Filicales · Pteridaceae · Adiantum) and Vittarioideae subfamily
Distribution and Habitat
- The text mentions that Adiantum obliquum should be grown outdoors and can tolerate very harsh temperatures, even below freezing.
Morphological Characteristics
- Adiantum obliquum is described as a forb/herb (non-woody plant).
- Leaflets (pinnae) are described as oblong to obliquely triangular. Frond ovate-lanceolate, twice to thrice pinnate pinnules very delicate, oblique, broadly wedge-shaped or sometimes rhomboid, rather long-stalked, the upper
Related Adiantum Species
- Adiantum aleuticum (Aleutian maidenhair)
- Adiantum anceps (double edge)
- Adiantum pedatum (northern maidenhair)
- Adiantum aethiopicum (Common Maiden-hair)
- Adiantum capillus-veneris (Maidenhair Fern, Southern Maidenhair fern, Venus's-hair fern)
- Adiantum macrophyllum (Broad-Leaf Maidenhair)
- Adiantum oaxacanum
- Adiantum ogasawarense
Further Information
- Discover Life provides a page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Adiantum obliquum.