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 scolopendrium (hart's tongue ferns), Asplenium trichomanes (maidenhair spleenwort); for other species see Asplenium on WikispeciesWikispecies or Asplenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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