Asplenium
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Asplenium scolopendrium
See also: asplénium
Translingual
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
- 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
