Position in a system
species
Northern Maidenhair
Adiantum pedatum L.
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Monilophyta Cantino et Donoghue - ferns and horsetails |
| class | Polypodiopsida Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. |
| order | Polypodiales Link |
| family | Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchn. |
| subfamily | Vittarioideae (C.Presl) Crabbe, Jermy & Mickel |
| genus | Adiantum L. - maidenhair fern |
| species | Adiantum pedatum L. - Northern Maidenhair |