Thanks, Chadwell ji ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "C CHADWELL" <[email protected]> Date: 23 Nov 2016 2:57 am Subject: Adiantum venustum in cultivation in New York Botanical Garden? To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> Cc:
I came across this fern growing in shady parts of the rockery of the New York Botanic Garden. It is grown as Adiantum venustum. Is this correct? It seemed to be cultivated quite widely in the US (Northern states that is). Excuse the poor quality photo but it might provide sufficient detail to be reliably named by the group's fern expert. As to other Adiantum spp., Stewart took a serious interest in ferns and covers these in his 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Pakistan & Kashmir' - there have been major advances taxonomically and nomenclaturally in the past 50+ years since this was published (many down to this group's fern expert). Stewart listed A.aethiopicum from Kurram Valley @ 1800m; A.capillus-veneris as the commonest and most widespread of the genus. He considered in the plains it was often found on the inner walls of wells and on the banks of watercourses, whilst Koelz found it at 3750m in Ladakh; A.incisum as common in the plains to 1500m; A.pedatum - common in Kishenganga valley @ 1800-2400m and in rich forest loam in Kashmir @ 2100-3000m; A.vensutum - in N.Pakistan & Kashmir @ 1800-2700m (occasionally to 3600m), one of the commonest ferns. I wonder what the current thinking is about the genus? I see there are no images of A.pedatum on the site or has this name been relegated to a synonym? Best Wishes, Chris Chadwell 81 Parlaunt Road SLOUGH SL3 8BE UK www.shpa.org.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
