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 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)