about Adiantum caudatum

Hi all,

Robert wrote
> 
> I recall someone posting a message recently that mentioned that, in a couple of
> books, it was stated that Adiantum caudatum was not native to China. Actually,
> in some of my Chinese reference books for medicinal plants, it mentions that A.
> caudatum is native to the following provinces: Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian,
> Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou (i.e., eastern, southeastern and
> southwestern China);  also Taiwan;  it is said to be found growing stuck in
> between rocks under trees in forest areas, and in valleys. Robert Newman San
> Fernando Valley, So. Calif.

According to what I have in my fern CDROM, the distribution of this species 
is as follows:

Adiantum caudatum L.; Mant. 308 (1771)
                Distribution: Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Fujian, 
Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan, peninsular 
Malaysia (once collected from Tasek Chenderoh, Perak), India (throughout 
from the plains to lower hills), Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Capverdes, Riunion,
Rodrigues, Congo, ?Seychelles, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Thailand, 
*Jamaica  ( * = introduced)
                Trivial names: Trailing maidenhair
                Remarks: philippense agg.

Brian Swale  in New Zealand

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