Adiantum chilenseKaulf.

WFO wfo-0001111385 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Adiantum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. a Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 196105537
Adiantum chilense, photographed by Steven Bodzin
fig. b Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 180872876
Adiantum chilense, photographed by Leonel Roget
fig. c Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175680200
Adiantum chilense, photographed by Cecilia Briceño
fig. d Cecilia Briceño, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165247803
Adiantum chilense, photographed by nitsuga74
fig. e nitsuga74, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163846730
Adiantum chilense, photographed by Bruno Avilez
fig. f Bruno Avilez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172677763
Adiantum chilense, photographed by Alfonso Benítez-Mora
fig. g Alfonso Benítez-Mora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163486965
Adiantum chilense, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. h Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168993667

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Adiantum chilense is native: Falkland Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Is., Venezuela Falkland Is.Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestArgentina SouthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralChile CentralChile NorthChile SouthVenezuela
Native distribution of Adiantum chilense, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Argentina South AGS
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Chile Central CLC
Chile North CLN
Chile South CLS
Juan Fernández Is. JNF
Venezuela VEN
Falkland Is. FAL ANTARCTICA

Not drawn on the map: Juan Fernández Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Adiantum aethiopicum var. glabrum Kuntze
  • Adiantum aethiopicum var. pohlii Baker
  • Adiantum aethiopicum var. scabrum (Kaulf.) Kuntze
  • Adiantum chilense f. glabrum Hieron.
  • Adiantum chilense var. chilense
  • Adiantum chilense var. glabrum Hook. & Grev.
  • Adiantum chilense var. glabrum Brack.
  • Adiantum chilense var. glanduliferum (Link) Kunze
  • Adiantum crenatum f. glabrum (Hieron.) Hieron.
  • Adiantum glanduliferum Link
  • Adiantum mochaenum G.Kunkel
  • Adiantum philippianum Espinosa
  • Adiantum pilosum Fée
  • Adiantum poiretii f. glabrum (Hieron.) Hicken & Capurro
  • Adiantum poiretii f. hirsutum (Hook. & Grev.) Hicken
  • Adiantum poiretii var. hirsutum (Hook. & Grev.) R.M.Tryon
  • Adiantum pubescens C.Presl
  • Adiantum pubescens var. glanduliferum C.Presl
  • Adiantum pubescens var. majus C.Presl
  • Adiantum pubescens var. minus C.Presl
  • Adiantum pubescens var. tripinnatum C.Presl
  • Adiantum rotundatum Desv.
  • Adiantum scabrum Kaulf.
  • Adiantum scabrum var. philippianum (Espinosa) Looser

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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