Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

English: Common Maidenhair Fern

German: Frauenhaarfarn

Portuguese: Cabelo-de-Vénus

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (43)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (37)

      Order: Polypodiales (35)

        Family: Pteridaceae (8)

          Genus: Adiantum (2)

            Epithet: capillus-veneris L. (1)

capillus-veneris => venus hair; from 'capillus' (hair) and 'veneris' (genitive of Venus)

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

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• [992] Adiantum capillus-veneris - Plants For A Future
• [1711] Adiantum capillus-veneris - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz