Adiantum hispidulum
Sw. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Adiantum hispidulum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 168 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Adiantum hispidulum, commonly known as rough maidenhair fern or five-fingered jack, is a small fern in the family Pteridaceae of widespread distribution. It is found in Africa, Australia, Polynesia, Malesia, New Zealand and other Pacific Islands. Its fronds rise in clumps from rhizomes among rocks or in the soil in sheltered areas.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction9
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Adiantum hispidulum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Adiantum hispidulum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1713×CCDB · new-zealand · CCDB · barker-ferns · CCDB · Cave1962
2n 1162×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · eflora
2n 1601×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1621×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1631×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1641×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1651×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1661×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1671×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1681×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1691×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1701×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1721×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 1731×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 3481×CCDB · new-zealand
2n 3601×CCDB · eflora
n 1714×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · Cave1962
n 581×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type10 168 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions51 of 79 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Auckland, NZ | 335 |
| Wellington, NZ | 149 |
| Kew, GB | 147 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 117 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 87 |
| Paris, FR | 58 |
| Canberra, AU | 52 |
| Armidale, AU | 50 |
| Smithfield, AU | 35 |
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 30 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 30 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 24 |
| Chicago, US | 21 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 19 |
| South Kensington, GB | 18 |
| Adelaide, AU | 18 |
| Taipei, TW | 18 |
| Bronx, US | 17 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 16 |
| Parkville, AU | 15 |
| St. Paul, US | 15 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 15 |
| Honolulu, US | 13 |
| Brisbane, AU | 9 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 9 |
| Hobart, AU | 9 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 8 |
| Wlocation not on record | 7 |
| LDlocation not on record | 7 |
| Minia, EG | 7 |
| Saint Louis, US | 7 |
| Zürich, CH | 6 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 6 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wollongong, AU | 5 |
| Philadelphia, US | 5 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Fort Worth, US | 3 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 3 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| HAWlocation not on record | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| Palmerston, AU | 2 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 2 |
| Durban, ZA | 2 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Universidad de Orientelocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Muséum National d'Histoire Naturellelocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Mishler Lablocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Adiantum hispidulum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.