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|familia=Adiantaceae
|genus=Adiantum
|species=peruvianum
|common_name=Peruvian maidenhair fern, Silver dollar maidenhair fern
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=fern
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min ht box=32
|Min ht metric=in
|Max ht box=40
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Min wd box=32
|Min wd metric=in
|Max wd box=40
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|origin=Peru
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=part-sun, shade
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|water=wet, moist
|water_ref=Sunset National Garden Book
|features=foliage
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=10
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|sunset_zones=Indoor or greenhouse
|image=Adiantum peruvianum a1.jpg
|image_width=240
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'''''Adiantum peruvianum''''' (also called '''silver-dollar fern''', '''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 house plant, and is favored for its unusually large pinnules.

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[[Adiantum]] peruvianum, Klotzsch. Lvs. 1 ft. or more long, on polished stipes; with obliquely ovate pointed lfts. 2 in. long by l 1/2 in. wide, on slender stalks; sori 8-10 on either side of the lfts., twice as long as wide. Peru.
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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