Adiantum philippense, (Goyali Lota, Kalijhant in Bengali: গয়ালী লতা, Hamsapadi, Kitamata, Tripadika in Sanskrit, Jarigida in Kannada, Hamsapadi in Hindi ), also known as walking maidenhair fern, or black maidenhair, is a species of maidenhair fern (Adiantum) that is widely distributed through the southern hemisphere, notably Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.4 m · AusTraits: 0.275 m
Plant height max0.5 m
Plant height min0 m
Life cycle & reproduction5
Deciduousnessevergreen
Life formrhizomatous geophyte or lithophyte
Life spanperennial
Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte
Resprouting capacityfire_killed
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment11
Aquaticterrestrial
Climatewet tropical
Climberself-supporting
Elevation max1 000 m
Elevation min0 m
Epiphyteterrestrial
Growth formherb
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: fern · TRY: herb
Habitat GIFTFloresta de Terra Firme, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)
Leaf compoundnesscompound
Leaf shapenarrowly_triangular
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry1
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
03Chemical composition12 compounds
Compounds documented for Adiantum philippense across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Hopane and Moretane triterpenoids4
Fernane and Arborinane triterpenoids4
Purine nucleos(t)ides2
Dammarane and Protostane triterpenoids1
Fernane and Arborinane triterpenoids $ Filicane triterpenoids1
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 philippense has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections9
Countries4
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK4★rbcL6
plant barcode
07Deep time~0.9 Ma lineage
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
DNA clock origin0.9 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 529 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 135
Museum / vouchered1 337
Other57
Origin
Native37
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 672 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 419≤1 km 100≤10 km 99>10 km 58
676 georeferenced · 459 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 135
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.
Coordinate accuracy40% within 1 km
≤100 m 55≤1 km 43≤10 km 123>10 km 25
246 georeferenced · 1 091 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 337
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions60 of 104 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Paris, FR
204
Kew, GB
113
Université du Lomélocation not on record
63
Beijing, CN
57
Brisbane, AU
56
Saint Louis, US
50
Taipei, TW
46
Palmerston, AU
46
Canberra, AU
40
Yunnan Universitylocation not on record
39
South Kensington, GB
32
Edinburgh, GB
31
IFAN Ch. A. Dioplocation not on record
25
TAIElocation not on record
23
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
19
Kensington, AU
18
Yaoundé, CM
17
Guilin, CN
15
Taipei, TW
14
Smithfield, AU
14
Guangzhou, CN
14
Xiamen, CN
14
Bronx, US
13
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
11
Chicago, US
9
Wellington, NZ
8
WAGlocation not on record
8
Nanjing, CN
7
Philadelphia, US
7
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
6
WTUlocation not on record
5
Minia, EG
5
Fort Worth, US
5
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record
5
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
5
Adelaide, AU
4
Chengdu, CN
4
Guiyang, CN
4
Auckland, NZ
4
Berlin, DE
4
Ann Arbor, US
4
Cape Town, ZA
4
Cuiabá, BR
4
LDlocation not on record
3
St. Paul, US
3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record
3
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
3
Wuhan, CN
3
Seoul, KR
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
Yangling, CN
3
Dresden, DE
3
Chengdu, CN
3
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
3
Wlocation not on record
3
LBVlocation not on record
3
Burlington, US
3
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Kagoshima, JP
3
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record
2
Glocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
MAlocation not on record
2
Kunming, CN
2
Tampa, US
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Cincinnati, US
2
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
2
Hobart, AU
2
Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarinlocation not on record
2
Frankfurt am Main
2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
2
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record
2
Honolulu, US
2
MEXUlocation not on record
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
Durango, MX
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
Calabar, NG
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
1
Durham, US
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Austin, US
1
Jinghong, CN
1
Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
SCAUlocation not on record
1
US
1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
1
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
1
Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarinlocation not on record
1
Plocation not on record
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Parkville, AU
1
EFGlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Mount Annan, AU
1
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
1
104 institutions · 1 186 of 1 337 vouchered records shown · 144 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA9 detections
Where the DNA of Adiantum philippense 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
Detections DNA found9
Studies independent surveys1
Countries4
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 9 detections have coordinates
Open the map4 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median25.9 °C 17.3–26.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.5 °C
Max temp (day)29.8 °C 23.9–29.8
Min temp (night)22.3 °C 9.80–23.0
Precipitation343 mm/mo 11.4–347
Air humidity69.6 % 44.8–69.6
Moisture balance205 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,012 Pa 955–1,275
Wind speed0.6 m/s
Cloud cover57.4 % 16.4–57.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 9 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 529 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗