genus asplenium

Noun (1)

1. a genus of about 700 species of ferns, often treated as the only genus in the family Aspleniaceae, in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae (Asplenium)Synonyms: AspleniumType of fern genusMember of Aspleniaceae, family AspleniaceaeMembers bird's nest fern, scale fern, spleenwort, hart's-tongue