Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Adiantum patens Willd.

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Pteridophyta

Class
Pteridopsida

Order
Pteridales

Family
Pteridaceae

Genus
Adiantum

Species
patens

Taxon category: Accepted

In Stewart (1911) as Adiantum diaphanum pro parte and Adiantum henslovianu pro parte, Mickel & Smith (2004) as Adiantum lobatum C. Presl

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Itow, S. (1997) List of Plant Specimens collected in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Bulletin of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Nagasaki University, Natural Science, 38 (1): 53-144.
  • Mickel, J.T. Smith, A.R. (2004) The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 88: 1–1054.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Adiantum patens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25. Accessed 31 October 2026.