Asplenium

See also: asplénium

Translingual

Asplenium scolopendrium

Etymology

From New Latin asplenium (“spleenworts”), Linnaeus's adjustment of Latin asplenon (“spleenwort”), from Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον (ásplēnon, “spleenwort”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ον (-on, “-um”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock.

Proper noun

Asplenium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Aspleniaceae – spleenworts and similar ferns.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Polypodiales – order; Aspleniaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Asplenium marinum – type species; Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, Asplenium antiquum, Asplenium bulbiferum, Asplenium ceterach, Asplenium cirrhatum, Asplenium flabellifolium, Asplenium hemionitis, Asplenium incisum, Asplenium lividum, Asplenium nidus, Asplenium normale, Asplenium obovatum, Asplenium onopteris, Asplenium platyneuron, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Asplenium ruta-muraria, Asplenium scolopendrium (hart's tongue ferns), Asplenium septentrionale, Asplenium sibiricum Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort), Asplenium viride – selected other species; for more than 750 other species see Asplenium at Plants of the World Online.

References

• Asplenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asplenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Asplenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Asplenium at USDA Plants database
• Asplenium at Plants of the World Online