Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ADIANTUM (G)
Maidenhair Ferns (Le)
Family: PTERIDONTACEAE

a-, an-, = denotes privative, negative;
a-, = without, not, -less, un-;
diantos, = wettable.
adiantos, = unwetted, ‘maidens hair’.
(during rain leaves shed water and remain dry)
(Ox, Le, LS)

Adiantum aethiopicum (G, La)
Vrouehaar (PS)
Location: (K)

Aithiops, (αίθώ, όψ), = an Ethiop, negro, properly Burnt-face.
Aethiopia, = a country in Africa, on both sides of the equator. Its limits cannot be accurately defined.
(usually South Africa, in classical use Africa south of Libya and Egypt, hence Abyssinia)
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, ld, BL)

Adiantum capillus-veneris (La)
Black Maidenhair Fern Vrouehaar (PS)
Location: (K)

capillus, = the hair, the hair of the head; (while crinis is any hair);
(hair, hair’s width, 0.18mm)
venus, veneris, = qualities that excite love, loveliness, attractiveness, beauty, grace, elegance, charms.
(ld, BL)

Adiantum raddianum (G)
Delta Maidenhair Fern Vrouehaar (Le)
Location: (F)

For Giuseppi Raddi (1770-1829),** Italian botanist who explored the basins of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers in Brazil and studied the cryptogams there, commemorated with Adiantum raddianum;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Alien)
(Ch, BL)