-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Ferns (Class Polypodiopsida)

-Leptosporangiate Ferns (Subclass Polypodiidae)

-Order Polypodiales

-Suborder Pteridineae

-Brake Family (Family Pteridaceae)

-Subfamily Vittarioideae

-Maidenhair Ferns (Genus Adiantum)

-Adiantum villosum

The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.