Pteridaceae
Fourleaf maidenhair
Adiantum tetraphyllum
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Adiantum
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Adiantum tetraphyllumPteridaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fourleaf maidenhair
Synonyms
- Adiantum falcatum Vell.
- Adiantum hendersonii Linden
- Adiantum kohautianum C.Presl
- Adiantum lancea Baker
- Adiantum laxum Kunze
- Adiantum macrocarpum C.Presl
- Adiantum pachysorum Rchb.
- Adiantum prionophyllum M.Martens & Galeotti
- Adiantum prionophyllum Kunth
- Adiantum prionophyllum var. curtum T.Moore
- Adiantum prionophyllum var. subcoriaceum T.Moore
- Adiantum rigidum Link
- Adiantum serrulatum Sw.
- Adiantum ternatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Adiantum tetraphyllum f. apiculatum Kuhn
- Adiantum tetraphyllum f. obtusum Kuhn
- Adiantum tetraphyllum var. costaricense Christ
- Adiantum tetraphyllum var. macropterum Kunze
- Adiantum tetraphyllum var. microphyllum Splitg.
- Adiantum tetraphyllum var. obtusum Mett.
- Adiantum tetraphyllum var. paucijugum Jenman
- Adiantum tetraphyllum var. subsimplex Christ
- Synaphlebium tetraphyllum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Fée
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.