Adiantum lunulatum Burm.

Abotsi, Komla Elikplim, Radji, Aboudou R., Rouhan, Germinal, Dubuisson, Jean-Yves & Kokou, Kouami, 2015, The Pteridaceae family diversity in Togo, Biodiversity Data Journal 3, pp. 5078-5078 : 5078

Adiantum lunulatum Burm.

Adiantum philippense L., A. lunulata Burm., A. lunatum Cav., A. arcuatum Sw.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12005 ; recordNumber: 8689; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.7; decimalLongitude: 0.7666667; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; dateIdentified: 7/8/1984; Event: eventDate: 7/8/1984; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12007 ; recordNumber: 6920; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Kara; decimalLatitude: 9.5155556; decimalLongitude: 1.04; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12008 ; recordNumber: 533; recordedBy: K. Akpagana; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 6.6666667; decimalLongitude: 1.1333333; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. Akpagana; dateIdentified: /7/1986; Event: eventDate: /7/1986; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12011 ; recordNumber: 9101; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.75; decimalLongitude: 0.6666667; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; dateIdentified: /11/1984; Event: eventDate: /11/1984; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12012 ; recordNumber: 1018; recordedBy: K. Akpagana; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.2166667; decimalLongitude: 0.8833333; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. Akpagana; dateIdentified: /10/1986; Event: eventDate: /10/1986; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12015 ; recordNumber: 56bis; recordedBy: K. Akpagana; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.1833333; decimalLongitude: 0.65; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. Akpagana; dateIdentified: /10/1982; Event: eventDate: /10/1982; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12016 ; recordNumber: 7795; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.05; decimalLongitude: 0.7833333; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; dateIdentified: /12/1982; Event: eventDate: /12/1982; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12017 ; recordNumber: 27; recordedBy: K. Akpagana; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.05; decimalLongitude: 0.7833333; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. Akpagana; dateIdentified: /6/1982; Event: eventDate: /6/1982; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12018 ; recordNumber: 7741; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.05; decimalLongitude: 0.7833333; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; dateIdentified: /6/1982; Event: eventDate: /6/1982; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12019 ; recordNumber: 8009; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 8.7; decimalLongitude: 0.7666667; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; dateIdentified: /6/1983; Event: eventDate: /6/1983; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12020 ; recordNumber: s.n.; recordedBy: Ayéna; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7; decimalLongitude: 0.75; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: J.-F. Brunel; dateIdentified: 24/3/1984; Event: eventDate: 24/3/1984; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12021 ; recordNumber: 3524; recordedBy: Roussel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Centrale; decimalLatitude: 9.25; decimalLongitude: 1.2; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: Roussel; dateIdentified: 4/7/1987; Event: eventDate: 4/7/1987; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12024 ; recordNumber: 99; recordedBy: J.-F. Brunel; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7.0166667; decimalLongitude: 0.65; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: C.A. Meyer; dateIdentified: /4/1980; Event: eventDate: 1973; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 12026 ; recordNumber: 113; recordedBy: K. Akpagana; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 6.5833333; decimalLongitude: 0.75; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. Akpagana; dateIdentified: 1983; Event: eventDate: 1983; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30034 ; recordNumber: 28; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7.51470436; decimalLongitude: 0.59350388; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-03-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30044 ; recordNumber: 84; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7.51365336; decimalLongitude: 0.61454758; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-04-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30046 ; recordNumber: 91; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7.51402623; decimalLongitude: 0.6149712; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-04-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30049 ; recordNumber: 96; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7.51544442; decimalLongitude: 0.61815133; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-04-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30058 ; recordNumber: 130; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 8.17923156; decimalLongitude: 0.65314643; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 05-08-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30072 ; recordNumber: 192; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 8.01912192; decimalLongitude: 0.6313327; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 05-11-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30082 ; recordNumber: 273; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 7.1058468; decimalLongitude: 0.60876719; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-11-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30091 ; recordNumber: 294; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 6.9544104; decimalLongitude: 0.58024464; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-15-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30094 ; recordNumber: 302; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 6.94609034; decimalLongitude: 0.57926515; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-15-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30098 ; recordNumber: 308; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 6.84914487; decimalLongitude: 0.74784103; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-16-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30102 ; recordNumber: 323; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 6.87057362; decimalLongitude: 0.74717051; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 04-16-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: 30103 ; recordNumber: 339; recordedBy: ABOTSI, SODJINOU & MINGOU; lifeStage: Adult; reproductiveCondition: Fertile; Taxon: nameAccordingToID: The Plant List; scientificName: Adiantumlunulatum Burm.; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Monilophyta; class: Polypodiidae; order: Polypodiales; family: Pteridaceae; genus: Adiantum; specificEpithet: lunulatum; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Burm.; Location: continent: Africa; country: Togo; stateProvince: Plateaux; decimalLatitude: 8.01889124; decimalLongitude: 0.62737159; geodeticDatum: WGS 1984; Identification: identifiedBy: K. E. Abotsi; dateIdentified: /05/2013; Event: eventDate: 05-11-13; Record Level: institutionID: Herbarium togoense; collectionID: TOGO

Ecological interactions

Native status

Native

Distribution

Togo (Ecological Zones 3 and 4), China, Taiwan, Australia, Jammu & Kashmir, India, Andaman Isl., Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia, Sulawesi, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Moluccas, Oman, S-Yemen, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Chad, Tanzania, Sao Tomé, Bioko Isl., Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sao Tome, Congo, D.R.Congo, Angola, Ethiopia, Sudan, Madagascar, Comores, Burkina Faso, Mali, Sudan, Southern Marianas, Fiji, Micronesia, Palau Isl., Western Samoa, Cuba, Cape Verde Isl.

Notes

Adiantum lunulatum has a short rhizome, slightly erect or creeping, wearing dark brown scales of about 3 mm long. The fronds are arched and arranged in tufts (Fig. 7a). The petiole is black, shiny, hairless, 10 to over 15 cm long. The lamina is lanceolate, pinnate and has a herbaceous texture. The pinnae are alternate, long-stalked, semi-elliptical, dimidiate (Fig. 7b). Their upper base is truncated. Their top margin is serrated on the sterile frond but slightly lobed on the fertile frond. The terminal pinnae is obtriangular (Fig. 7c). The sori are crescent shaped (Fig. 7d). Adiantum lunulatum grows almost everywhere, in the shade of trees, on various soils, with sufficient moisture.