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|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
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|image_caption=Northern Maidenhair (''Adiantum pedatum'')
 
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'''''Adiantum''''' ({{pron-en|ˌædiˈæntəm}}),<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> the '''maidenhair ferns''', is a [[genus]] of about 200 species of [[fern]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Pteridaceae]], though some researchers place it in its own family, Adiantaceae. The genus name comes from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]], meaning "not wetting", referring to the [[frond]]s' ability to shed water without becoming wet.
| name = ''Adiantum''
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| common_names = Maidenhair fern
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They are distinctive in appearance, with dark, often black [[Stipe (botany)|stipes]] and [[rachis]]es, and bright green, often delicately-cut [[leaf]] tissue. The [[Sorus|sori]] are borne submarginally, and are covered by reflexed flaps of leaf tissue which resemble indusia. Dimorphism between sterile and fertile fronds is generally subtle.
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They generally prefer [[humus]]-rich, moist, well-drained sites, ranging from bottomland [[soil]]s to vertical rock walls. Many species are especially known for growing on rock walls around [[waterfall]]s and water seepage areas.
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Many species are grown in the [[Horticulture|horticultural]] trade, including all three of the species mentioned, as well as a number of tropical species, including ''A. raddianum'' and ''[[Adiantum peruvianum|A. peruvianum]]''.  Both ''A. pedatum'' and ''A. aleuticum'' are hardy to zone 3, and are by far the most cold-hardy members of the genus.  ''A. venustum'' is also cold-hardy to zone 5. ''A. capillus-veneris'' is hardy to zone 7.
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| image_caption = Northern Maidenhair (''Adiantum pedatum'')
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| divisio = Pteridophyta
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| familia = Pteridaceae (Adiantaceae)
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Adiantum (Greek, unwetted). Polypodiaceae. Maidenhair Fern. A large, widely distributed genus of ferns, mainly of tropical countries, some of them popular greenhouse and conservatory plants.
 
Adiantum (Greek, unwetted). Polypodiaceae. Maidenhair Fern. A large, widely distributed genus of ferns, mainly of tropical countries, some of them popular greenhouse and conservatory plants.
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==Gallery==
 
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Image:Adiantumraddianum1web.jpg|Delta Maidenhair ''Adiantum raddianum''
   
Image:Adiantumhispidulum1web.jpg|Rough Maidenhair Fern (''Adiantum hispidulum'')  
 
Image:Adiantumhispidulum1web.jpg|Rough Maidenhair Fern (''Adiantum hispidulum'')  
 
Image:Adiantum cunninghamii.jpg|''Adiantum cunninghamii'' showing characteristic inrolled leaf margin containing sori
 
Image:Adiantum cunninghamii.jpg|''Adiantum cunninghamii'' showing characteristic inrolled leaf margin containing sori
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File:Adiantum lunulatum W IMG_2337.jpg|''Adiantum lunulatum'' in [[Goa]], [[India]].
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Image:Adiantum pedatum 09905.JPG|Five-fingered Fern (''[[Adiantum pedatum]]'')
 
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