Adiantum subvolubile is a common species at mid- to upper-elevations in the central Andes. However, most specimens have been confused for A. raddianum which occurs at lower elevations. See M. Sundue & M. McHenry 2624 for further discussion.
Adiantum subvolubile
Collection data
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Pteridaceae
- Genus: Adiantum L.
- Species: Adiantum subvolubile Mett. ex Kuhn
Collection Data
- Collection Date: 20-III-2011
- Primary collector: M. Sundue
- Collected by: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Cloud forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen locations: QCA, VT
About the Author
Michael Sundue
My field work is centered in Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E). If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!
Michael, are you sure the first image (uper line to the left) is not A. concinnum???
Yes, I think it is just a sun form. The two have been confused in the past. See the notes in Hirai, R.Y. and Prado, J., 2019. Neotropical species of the Adiantum raddianum group (Pteridaceae). Willdenowia, 49(3), pp.295-317.
I carefully studied this article, but at least the illustration on p. 314 is irritating…