Summary
Place of publication:
Tent. pterid. 158. 1836
Verified:
04/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
delta maidenhair fern – Swedish
snittadiantum –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tlaxcala | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Costa Rica | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Sinaloa]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
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MESOAMERICA:
Costa Rica, Nicaragua
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401927.
Accessed 15 December 2025.