Species Adiantum caffrorum
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There aren’t any identifications of Adiantum caffrorum.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Adiantum:
Gk. a- = not, without; diantos = wettable, hence dry, incapable of being wetted. The fronds of ‘maiden hair’ shed water and are reputed to remain dry even in a rain-shower or when plunged into water.
Etymology of caffrorum:
From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers in the latter half of the 19th century
Scientific name:
Adiantum caffrorum (L.) L. f.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Suppl. Pl. 447 (1781)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1781
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Adiantum caffrorum.