Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1094 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 485 [secondary reference]

Swartz, O. (1806), Synopsis Filicum: 123-125, 321-322 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 20-21 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Adiantos, dry."

Smith, J. (1875), Historia Filicum: 274 [secondary reference]

• Type: Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 138 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 283 [secondary reference]

common name: Maiden-hair Ferns [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 641 [secondary reference]

common name: Maidenhair [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 36 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek adiantos, dry; the leaves remain dry when dipped into water."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 35 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek adiantos, dry; the leaves remain dry when dipped into water"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 63 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 8 [secondary reference]

common name: Maidenhair [n/a]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Adiantaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 47 [secondary reference]

Tryon, R.M. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Pteridaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 249 Fig. 127A-D [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Adiantaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 23 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Adiantaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 34-35 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 46 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 562 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Adiantaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 253 [secondary reference]

common name: Maidenhair Ferns [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 5 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Adiantaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 23 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 225 [secondary reference]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 42-43 [secondary reference]

common name: Maidenhair ferns [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Adianthum Burm.f. orth. var.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic (native and naturalised), Tas

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 714 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 15 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 14 [secondary reference]

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 43 [secondary reference]

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