Asplenium
See also: asplénium
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin asplenium (“the spleenworts”), Linnaeus's adjustment of Latin asplenum (“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 – the 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
References
- Asplenium at USDA Plants database
- Asplenium at The Plant List
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