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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Adiantum capillus-veneris''
| image = Adiantum capillus-veneris (USDA).jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Pteridophyta]]
| classis = [[Pteridopsida]]
| ordo = [[Pteridales]]
| familia = [[Adiantaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Adiantum]]''
| species = '''''A. capillus-veneris'''''
| binomial = ''Adiantum capillus-veneris''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Adiantum capillus-veneris''''' ('''Black Maidenhair Fern''') is a species of [[fern]] in the genus ''[[Adiantum]]'' with a subcosmopolitan distribution, native to western and southern [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[Central America]].
[[Image:Capelvenere03%28Parco_dei_Nebrodi%29.JPG|thumb|left]]
It grows to 20-70 cm tall, with very delicate, light green [[frond]]s much subdivided into pinnae 5-10 mm long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry.
It is commonly grown as a [[houseplant]].
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401925 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Adiantum capillus-veneris'']
[[Category:Pteridophyta]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Adiantum capillus-veneris''
| image = Adiantum capillus-veneris (USDA).jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Pteridophyta]]
| classis = [[Pteridopsida]]
| ordo = [[Pteridales]]
| familia = [[Adiantaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Adiantum]]''
| species = '''''A. capillus-veneris'''''
| binomial = ''Adiantum capillus-veneris''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Adiantum capillus-veneris''''' ('''Black Maidenhair Fern''') is a species of [[fern]] in the genus ''[[Adiantum]]'' with a subcosmopolitan distribution, native to western and southern [[Europe]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], [[Central America]].
[[Image:Capelvenere03%28Parco_dei_Nebrodi%29.JPG|thumb|left]]
It grows to 20-70 cm tall, with very delicate, light green [[frond]]s much subdivided into pinnae 5-10 mm long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry.
It is commonly grown as a [[houseplant]].
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401925 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Adiantum capillus-veneris'']
[[Category:Pteridophyta]]
