genus Asplenium

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genus Asplenium - in some classification systems placed in family PolypodiaceaeAspleniumfern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesAspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneriaspleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus AspleniumAsplenium nidus, bird's nest fern - tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotchesAsplenium scolopendrium, Phyllitis scolopendrium, hart's-tongue, hart's-tongue fern - Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate frondsAsplenium ceterach, Ceterach officinarum, scale fern, scaly fern - small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds