Genus Asplenium (Noun)
Meaning
In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Asplenium rhizophyllum is a species of fern in the genus Asplenium, which in some classification systems is placed in family Polypodiaceae.
- Asplenium genus, also known as maidenhair spleenworts, in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae, are characterized by linear to lanceolate pinnae.
- Some authors include genus Asplenium, which in some classification systems is placed in family Polypodiaceae, within the subfamily Aspleniineae.
- Genus Asplenium, which in some classification systems is placed in family Polypodiaceae, contains a group of approximately 700 species.
- Genus Asplenium in some classification systems is placed in family Polypodiaceae and can be identified by their leaves which have leafy petioles and sori in two rows on either side of the costa.