View source for Adiantum tricholepis

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|accepted_name=Adiantum tricholepis
|accepted_authority=Fée
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|place=8: 72. 1857
|year=1857
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|common_names=Hairy maidenhair
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|hierarchy=Pteridaceae;Adiantum;Adiantum tricholepis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Pteridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Adiantum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Adiantum tricholepis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>short-creeping to nearly erect; scales dark reddish brown, concolored, margins entire or minutely denticulate. <b>Leaves</b> arching or pendent, densely clustered, 20–62 cm. <b>Petiole</b> 0.8–1 mm diam., glabrous, occasionally glaucous. <b>Blade</b> ovate, pinnate, 15–38 × 8–26 cm, gradually reduced distally, hirsute; proximal pinnae 3–4-pinnate; rachis straight or becoming flexuous, glabrous, not glaucous. <b>Segment</b> stalks 1–4 mm, dark color ending ± abruptly at segment base. <b>Ultimate</b> segments transversely oblong, nearly round, or fan-shaped, about as long as broad; base truncate or cuneate; margins of fertile segments crenulate or entire, sterile segments with margins serrulate; apex rounded. <b>Indusia</b> transversely oblong or crescent-shaped, 0.5–4 mm, covered with whitish needlelike trichomes. <b>Spores</b> mostly 35–53 µm diam.</span><!--

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|phenology=Sporulating late winter–early spring.
|habitat=Moist, shaded, limestone cliffs along streams and rivers, on boulders in creeks, and among rocks on steep slopes
|elevation=200–500 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;Central America in Guatemala;Belize.
|discussion=<p><i>Adiantum tricholepis</i> occurs in the flora only in Bandera and Medina counties on the Edwards Plateau in central Texas. Collections identified as <i>A. tricholepis</i> from the mouth of the Pecos River are <i>Adiantum capillus-veneris</i>.</p>
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name=Adiantum tricholepis
|authority=Fée
|rank=species
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|family=Pteridaceae
|phenology=Sporulating late winter–early spring.
|habitat=Moist, shaded, limestone cliffs along streams and rivers, on boulders in creeks, and among rocks on steep slopes
|elevation=200–500 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico;Central America in Guatemala;Belize.
|reference=None
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|publication year=1857
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|genus=Adiantum
|species=Adiantum tricholepis
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