Asplenium
Also known as hart's tongue fern, hart's tongue, spleenwort, spleenworts, hart's-tongue fern
Asplenium is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider Hymenasplenium separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different chromosome count, and structural differences in the rhizomes. The type species for the genus is Asplenium marinum.
Species
spleenworts
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyAspleniaceae
Habitatfreshwater
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Antipodean Is.
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6 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Taxonomy and genetics
- Uses
- Selected species
- See also
- References
Asplenium is a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, though other authors consider Hymenasplenium separate, based on molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences, a different chromosome count, and structural differences in the rhizomes. The type species for the genus is Asplenium marinum.
The most common vernacular name is spleenworts, applied to the more "typical" species. A. nidus and several similar species are called '''bird's-nest ferns', the Camptosorus'' group is known as walking ferns, and distinct names are applied to some other particularly well-known species.