Pteridaceae E.D.M.Kirchn.
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1096 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Europa australi."
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 723 [secondary reference]
Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1957), Adumbratio Florae Aethiopicae 5. Parkeriaceae, Adiantaceae, Vittariaceae. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 12(2): 678-685. Figs. 8, 9 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Specimen 1252.9 of the Linnean Herbarium (LINN!)."
Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 4 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 25 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 1 [secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 47, Fig. 10c [secondary reference]
Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Adiantaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 255, Fig. 103, Map 225 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Adiantum affine Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Adiantum diaphanum var. affine (Willd.) Alderw. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, Vic (uncertain origin)
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 21 [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): 43, Fig. 13C, D, map [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]
  • Type: "s. loc., C. Magnol s.n. (lecto: LINN 1252.9*)"