Adiantum latifoliumLam.

broadleaf maidenhair

WFO wfo-0001109474 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. a Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-04-09 / obs. 187021462
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 187020795
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Navaneeth Sini George
fig. c Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175035318
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Navaneeth Sini George
fig. d Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174935641
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Navaneeth Sini George
fig. e Navaneeth Sini George, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174939357
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Francis Pérez
fig. f Francis Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170628868
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. g Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160971419
Adiantum latifolium, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. h Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 101435712

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Adiantum latifolium is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralCentral American Pacific Is.ColombiaCosta RicaCubaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Adiantum latifolium, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Central American Pacific Is. CPI
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 16 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 brasiliense Link
  • Adiantum denticulatum Sw.
  • Adiantum denticulatum var. humile Kuhn
  • Adiantum denticulatum var. obtusum Mett. ex Kuhn
  • Adiantum elatum Desv.
  • Adiantum fovearum Raddi
  • Adiantum fovearum var. major Rosenst.
  • Adiantum fovearum var. reductum Jenman
  • Adiantum glaziovii Baker
  • Adiantum intermedium var. medioximum Christ
  • Adiantum intermedium var. triangulatum (Kaulf.) T.Moore
  • Adiantum latifolium var. grisebachianum Domin
  • Adiantum lucidum var. bipinnatum Mett. ex E.Fourn.
  • Adiantum sordidum Lindm.
  • Adiantum triangulatum Kaulf.
  • Adiantum triangulatum var. acuminatum Jenman

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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