HyperDic: genus_asplenium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Asplenium:
NOUNplantgenus Asplenium, Aspleniumin some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
English > genus Asplenium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningIn some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae.
SynonymAsplenium
Member ofAspleniaceae, family AspleniaceaeOne of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Membersbird's nest fern, Asplenium nidusTropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendriumEurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
scale fern, scaly fern, Asplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarumsmall European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
spleenwortAny of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishasplenium, genus asplenium
Catalanasplenium, Asplenium, genus asplenium

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