Rumohra adiantiformis, also known as the leather fern or leatherleaf fern, is a species of fern found in the wood fern family Dryopteridaceae. It is a bushy, evergreen plant with glossy dark green fronds that can grow up to 90 cm tall and wide. This fern is widely distributed in the tropical Southern Hemisphere, including South America, the Caribbean, southern Africa, and Australasia. It is known by various names such as leathery shieldfern, iron fern, 7-weeks-fern, and climbing shield fern. Rumohra adiantiformis is often cultivated as an ornamental plant for groundcover and in floristry, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit in the UK. In Brazil, it is of economic importance as many people earn their income by harvesting and selling the fronds for use in flower arrangements. This fern is also an important part of plant associations in various regions, such as the podocarp/broadleaf forests of Westland, New Zealand.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Rumohra quadrangularis	(Fée) Brade	Bradea 1(22): 231 (1972)
Aspidium adiantiforme	Cheeseman	Trans. New Zealand Inst. 40. 465. 1908 (1908)
Aspidium cunninghamianum	Colenso	Tasmanian J. Nat. Sci. 2: --. 1845
Aspidium cunninghamii	Colenso	Tasmanian J. Nat. Sci. 1: 376. 1841
Aspidium discolor	Langsd. & Fisch.	Pl. Voy. Russes Monde 16, t. 18 (1810)
Aspidium duriusculum	(C.Presl) J.W.Sturm	Abh. Naturhist. Ges. Nürnberg 2: 182. 1858
Dryopteris capensis	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 812 (1891)
Dryopteris discophora	Rosenst.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 172 (1913)
Dryopteris thomassetii	(Wright) C.Chr.	Index Filic., Suppl. (1906-1912) : 40 (1913)
Polystichum duriusculum	C.Presl	Tent. Pterid. 84. 1836 (1836)
Polystichum macroporum	J.Sm.	Hist. Fil. 220. 1875 (1875)
Tectaria calahuala	Cav.	Descr. Pl. (Cavanilles) 252. 1802
Polypodium adianthoides	Burm.f.	Fl. Ind. : 234 (1768)
Polypodium argentatum	Jacq.	Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4. 23, t. 447. 1804 (1804)
Polypodium thomassetii	C.H.Wright	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 252 (1906)
Lastrea ferruginea	T.Moore	Index Fil. (T.Moore) 5: 91. 1858
Polypodium adiantiforme	G.Forst.	Fl. Ins. Austr. : 82 (1786)
Polypodium coriaceum	Sw.	Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 133 (1788)
Polystichum adiantiforme	(Forst.) J.Sm.	Hist. Fil. 220. 1875
Dryopteris adiantiformis	(G.Forst.) Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 378 (1898)
Rumohra aspidioides	Raddi	Opusc. Sci. 3. 290. t. 12 f. 1. 1819; Pl. (1819)
Polypodium politum	Poir.	Encycl. 5: 553 (1804)
Polystichum coriaceum	Schott	Gen. Fil. ad t. 9 (1834)
Tectaria coriacea	Link	Hort. Berol. 2: 127 (1833)
Hypopeltis coriacea	Bory	Voy. Indes Or. , Bot. 2(1): 70 (1833)
Aspidium clypeolarium	Desv.	Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 249 (1827)
Aspidium orientale	Desv.	Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 250 (1827)
Aspidium politum	Desv.	Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 250 (1827)
Polypodium calyptratum	Thouars	Esquisse Fl. Tristan D'Acugna 33 1808
Aspidium calyptratum	Desv.	Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 251 (1827)
Nephrodium duriusculum	C.Presl	Reliq. Haenk. 1: 38 (1825)
Polystichum remotum	Fée	Crypt. Vasc. Brésil 1: 125 (1869)
Aspidium ferrugineum	Sw.	Syn. Fil. : 56 (1806)
Lastrea adiantiformis	(G.Forst.) Vareschi	Fl. Venez. 1(1): 435. 1969

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	iron fern
English	climbing shield fern
Afrikaans	seweweeksvaring
Persian	سرخس چرمی
mi	karuwhai
Chinese	汝蕨
Chinese	革叶蕨

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Northern Provinces
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros
  - Madagascar
  - Mauritius
  - Réunion
  - Seychelles

Antarctica click to expand
- Subantarctic Islands
  - Falkland Islands
  - Tristan Da Cunha

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - New South Wales
  - Queensland
  - Tasmania
  - Victoria
- New Zealand
  - Chatham Islands
  - New Zealand North
  - New Zealand South

Northern America click to expand
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida

Southern America click to expand
- Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast
  - Brazil South
  - Brazil Southeast
  - Brazil West-central
- Caribbean
  - Bermuda
  - Cuba
  - Dominican Republic
  - Haiti
  - Jamaica
  - Puerto Rico
- Central America
  - Central American Pacific
- Northern South America
  - Guyana
  - Venezuela
- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
  - Argentina South
  - Chile Central
  - Chile South
  - Uruguay
- Western South America
  - Bolivia
  - Colombia
  - Galápagos
  - Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001107747
Florida Plant Atlas	1621
USDA Plants	RUAD
Tropicos	26600695
INPN	706766
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:224543-2
The Plant List	tro-26600695
Missouri Botanical Garden	285696
PaleoBotany	29915
Open Tree Of Life	718944
NCBI Taxonomy	32119
Nature Serve	2.133619
IUCN Red List	192003776
IPNI	224543-2
iNaturalist	168255
GBIF	2650944
Freebase	/m/066182l
EOL	597218
Calflora (Californian flora)	12843
US Library of Congress	sh92006544
USDA GRIN	409792
Wikipedia	Rumohra_adiantiformis
CMAUP	NPO7037

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_033807815.1	ASM3380781v1	Scaffold	Iridian Genomes	2023-11-20	50.0x	2.15 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Three New Species of Didymella (Didymellaceae, Pleosporales) from Jiangxi, China

Luo X, Hu Y, Xia J, Zhang K, Ma L, Xu Z, Ma J

J Fungi (Basel)

18-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10821193
doi:	10.3390/jof10010075
PMID:	38248984

Identification and pathogenicity analysis of leaf brown spot of Juglans regia in China

Wang F, Liu C, Zeng Q, Zhou Y, Liu F, Xu X, Yang H, Liu Y, Yang C

Sci Rep

22-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10122669
doi:	10.1038/s41598-023-33853-1
PMID:	37087532

Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and their Effects on Ornamental Plants: A Review

D. Howland A, Quintanilla M

J Nematol

14-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10111207
doi:	10.2478/jofnem-2023-0007
PMID:	37082221

Taxonomic Advances from Fungal Flora Associated with Ferns and Fern-like Hosts in Northern Thailand

Seifollahi E, de Farias AR, Jayawardena RS, Hyde KD

Plants (Basel)

03-Feb-2023

PMCID:	PMC9922025
doi:	10.3390/plants12030683
PMID:	36771768

Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil

Lima VP, de Lima RA, Joner F, Siddique I, Raes N, ter Steege H

Sci Rep

10-Feb-2022

PMCID:	PMC8831634
doi:	10.1038/s41598-022-06234-3
PMID:	35145191

Fungal Planet description sheets: 1182–1283

Crous PW, Cowan DA, Maggs-Kölling G, Yilmaz N, Thangavel R, Wingfield MJ, Noordeloos ME, Dima B, Brandrud TE, Jansen GM, Morozova OV, Vila J, Shivas RG, Tan YP, Bishop-Hurley S, Lacey E, Marney TS, Larsson E, Le Floch G, Lombard L, Nodet P, Hubka V, Alvarado P, Berraf-Tebbal A, Reyes JD, Delgado G, Eichmeier A, Jordal JB, Kachalkin AV, Kubátová A, Maciá-Vicente JG, Malysheva EF, Papp V, Rajeshkumar KC, Sharma A, Spetik M, Szabóová D, Tomashevskaya MA, Abad JA, Abad ZG, Alexandrova AV, Anand G, Arenas F, Ashtekar N, Balashov S, Bañares Á, Baroncelli R, Bera I, Biketova AY, Blomquist CL, Boekhout T, Boertmann D, Bulyonkova TM, Burgess TI, Carnegie AJ, Cobo-Diaz JF, Corriol G, Cunnington JH, da Cruz MO, Damm U, Davoodian N, de A. Santiago AL, Dearnaley J, de Freitas LW, Dhileepan K, Dimitrov R, Di Piazza S, Fatima S, Fuljer F, Galera H, Ghosh A, Giraldo A, Glushakova AM, Gorczak M, Gouliamova DE, Gramaje D, Groenewald M, Gunsch CK, Gutiérrez A, Holdom D, Houbraken J, Ismailov AB, Istel Ł, Iturriaga T, Jeppson M, Jurjević Ž, Kalinina LB, Kapitonov VI, Kautmanová I, Khalid AN, Kiran M, Kiss L, Kovács Á, Kurose D, Kušan I, Lad S, Læssøe T, Lee HB, Luangsa-ard JJ, Lynch M, Mahamedi AE, Malysheva VF, Mateos A, Matočec N, Mešić A, Miller AN, Mongkolsamrit S, Moreno G, Morte A, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Naseer A, Navarro-Ródenas A, Nguyen TT, Noisripoom W, Ntandu JE, Nuytinck J, Ostrý V, Pankratov TA, Pawłowska J, Pecenka J, Pham TH, Polhorský A, Pošta A, Raudabaugh DB, Reschke K, Rodríguez A, Romero M, Rooney-Latham S, Roux J, Sandoval-Denis M, Smith MT, Steinrucken TV, Svetasheva TY, Tkalčec Z, van der Linde EJ, v.d. Vegte M, Vauras J, Verbeken A, Visagie CM, Vitelli JS, Volobuev SV, Weill A, Wrzosek M, Zmitrovich IV, Zvyagina EA, Groenewald JZ

Persoonia

13-Jul-2021

PMCID:	PMC9311394
doi:	10.3767/persoonia.2021.46.11
PMID:	35935893

Reconsideration of species boundaries and proposed DNA barcodes for Calonectria

Liu QL, Li JQ, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Chen SF

Stud Mycol

07-Oct-2020

PMCID:	PMC8295567
doi:	10.1016/j.simyco.2020.08.001
PMID:	34322181

Generating segmentation masks of herbarium specimens and a data set for training segmentation models using deep learning

White AE, Dikow RB, Baugh M, Jenkins A, Frandsen PB

Appl Plant Sci

01-Jul-2020

PMCID:	PMC7328659
doi:	10.1002/aps3.11352
PMID:	32626607

TRI Genotyping and Chemotyping: A Balance of Power

Villafana RT, Ramdass AC, Rampersad SN

Toxins (Basel)

21-Jan-2020

PMCID:	PMC7076749
doi:	10.3390/toxins12020064
PMID:	31973043

Identification and Evaluations of Novel Insecticidal Proteins from Plants of the Class Polypodiopsida for Crop Protection against Key Lepidopteran Pests

Liu L, Schepers E, Lum A, Rice J, Yalpani N, Gerber R, Jiménez-Juárez N, Haile F, Pascual A, Barry J, Qi X, Kassa A, Heckert MJ, Xie W, Ding C, Oral J, Nguyen M, Le J, Procyk L, Diehn SH, Crane VC, Damude H, Pilcher C, Booth R, Liu L, Zhu G, Nowatzki TM, Nelson ME, Lu AL, Wu G

Toxins (Basel)

01-Jul-2019

PMCID:	PMC6669613
doi:	10.3390/toxins11070383
PMID:	31266212

Coelomycetous Dothideomycetes with emphasis on the families Cucurbitariaceae and Didymellaceae

Valenzuela-Lopez N, Cano-Lira JF, Guarro J, Sutton DA, Wiederhold N, Crous PW, Stchigel AM

Stud Mycol

21-Nov-2017

PMCID:	PMC5725287
doi:	10.1016/j.simyco.2017.11.003
PMID:	29255336

Didymellaceae revisited

Chen Q, Hou LW, Duan WJ, Crous PW, Cai L

Stud Mycol

09-Jun-2017

PMCID:	PMC5498420
doi:	10.1016/j.simyco.2017.06.002
PMID:	28706324

The forgotten Calonectria collection: Pouring old wine into new bags

Lombard L, Wingfield MJ, Alfenas AC, Crous PW

Stud Mycol

22-Nov-2016

PMCID:	PMC5220189
doi:	10.1016/j.simyco.2016.11.004
PMID:	28082759

Mitochondrial Haplotype-based Identification of Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) on Cut Foliage Crops in Florida

Baidoo R, Joseph S, Mengistu TM, Brito JA, McSorley R, Stamps RH, Crow WT

J Nematol

01-Sep-2016

PMCID:	PMC5070932
doi:	10.21307/jofnem-2017-027
PMID:	27765993

Resolving the Phoma enigma

Chen Q, Jiang JR, Zhang GZ, Cai L, Crous PW

Stud Mycol

26-Nov-2015

PMCID:	PMC4774273
doi:	10.1016/j.simyco.2015.10.003
PMID:	26955202

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid	135	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)O	138.12	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons
1-Octadecene	8217	Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC=C	252.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans / Tetrahydrofuran lignans / 7,9-epoxylignans
(-)-Lariciresinol	23815394	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)CC2COC(C2CO)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)O	360.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Diterpenoids / Rhamnofolane and daphnane diterpenoids
Yuanhuacine	5358691	Click to see CCCCCC=CC=CC12OC3C4C5C(O5)(C(C6(C(C4(O1)C(C(C3(O2)C(=C)C)OC(=O)C7=CC=CC=C7)C)C=C(C6=O)C)O)O)CO	648.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Yuanhuaoate E	73348817	Click to see CCCCCC=CC=CC(=O)OC1C2C3C(O3)(C(C4(C(C2(C(C(C1(C(=C)C)O)OC(=O)C5=CC=CC=C5)C)O)C=C(C4=O)C)O)O)CO	666.80	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(2S,2'R,3'S,8'S)-3',4,5',6-tetrahydroxy-2',8'-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)spiro[1-benzofuran-2,9'-2,3,4,8-tetrahydrofuro[2,3-h]chromene]-3-one	100885566	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC3=C2C4(C(O3)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)C(=O)C6=C(C=C(C=C6O4)O)O)O)C7=CC=C(C=C7)O)O	542.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnodorin A	72426	Click to see C1CC2=C(C3=C(C=C2O)OC(=C3C(=O)C4=C(C=C(C=C4O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)OC1C6=CC=C(C=C6)O	526.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnodorin B	72427	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC3=C2C(=C(O3)C4=CC=C(C=C4)O)C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O)O)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)O	542.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnodorin C	72428	Click to see C1CC2=C(C3=C(C=C2O)OC(C34C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)OC1C7=CC=C(C=C7)O	526.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Coumarin glycosides
Daphnetin-8-glucoside	5316301	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)O	340.28	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnin	439499	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	340.28	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7,8-dihydroxycoumarins
Daphnetin	5280569	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)O)O	178.14	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Daphnoretin	5281406	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=C(C(=O)O2)OC3=CC4=C(C=C3)C=CC(=O)O4)O	352.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
Umbelliferone	5281426	Click to see C1=CC(=CC2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)O	162.14	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Biflavonoids and polyflavonoids
(1S,5S,13R)-1,9,17,19-tetrahydroxy-5,13-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-4,12,14-trioxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,11.03,8.015,20]henicosa-2(11),3(8),9,15,17,19-hexaen-21-one	76317993	Click to see C1CC2=C(C3=C(C=C2O)OC4(C3(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)OC1C7=CC=C(C=C7)O	542.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
daphnodorin D2	13941113	Click to see C1CC2=C(C(=C(C=C2O)O)C3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)OC1C6=CC=C(C=C6)O	526.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnodorin F	70688394	Click to see C1CC2=C(C3=C(C=C2O)OC4(C3(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5O4)O)O)O)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)OC1C7=CC=C(C=C7)O	542.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnodorin G	15984106	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC3=C2C4(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5OC4(O3)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)C7=CC=C(C=C7)O)O	558.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Daphnodorin H	15984107	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC3=C2C4(C(=O)C5=C(C=C(C=C5OC4(O3)C6=CC=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)O)C7=CC=C(C=C7)O)O	558.50	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Rumohra adiantiformis

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