Pteridaceae

Evergreen maidenhair

Adiantum venustum D.Don

Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Adiantum

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Evergreen maidenhair: Adiantum venustum in Germany — Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: برشاوشان بهيج, برشاوشان مهدب
arz: برشاوشان بهيج
Chinese: 細葉鐵線蕨, 细叶铁线蕨, 长盖铁线蕨, 陕西铁线蕨, 圆齿铁线蕨, 圓齒鐵線蕨, 钝齿铁线蕨, 長蓋鐵線蕨
English: Evergreen maidenhair, Himalayan maidenhair, Himalayan maidenhair fern

Synonyms

Adiantum argutum C.Presl ex Ettingsh.
Adiantum bonatianum var. bonatianum
Adiantum breviserratum (Ching) Ching & Y.X.Lin
Adiantum fimbriatum Christ
Adiantum fimbriatum var. shensiense (Ching) Ching & Y.X.Lin
Adiantum microphyllum Roxb.
Adiantum pseudobonatianum Ching
Adiantum smithianum (C.Chr.) Ching
Adiantum smithianum var. shensiense Ching
Adiantum venustum var. breviserratum Ching
Adiantum venustum var. smithianum C.Chr.
Adiantum venustum var. venustum
Adiantum venustum var. wuliangense Ching & Y.X.Lin

Photos

Photo: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denis.prévôt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tubifex, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.