genus asplenium
Noun
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In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae (synset 113201202)
is a type of: fern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesmember holonym:
- spleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
- asplenium nidus, bird's nest fern - tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
- asplenium scolopendrium, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, phyllitis scolopendrium - Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
- asplenium ceterach, ceterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern - small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
belongs to: aspleniaceae, family aspleniaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneriasame as: asplenium
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