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Adiantum peruvianum

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Species of plant

Silver-dollar fern
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: A. peruvianum
Binomial name
Adiantum peruvianum
Klotzsch

Adiantum peruvianum, the silver-dollar fern or Peruvian maidenhair, is a fern in the genus Adiantum. It has black stems and large flat pinnules. It is frequently grown as an ornamental greenhouse or houseplant.

References

  1. Hoshizaki, Barbara Joe; Moran, Robbin C. (2001). Fern Grower's Manual. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 170. ISBN 9780881924954.
Taxon identifiers
Adiantum peruvianum


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