Asplenium
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Aspleniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Large or small ferns with entire lobed pinnate, 2-3-pinnate, or pinnatifid leaves, and linear or oblong sori oblique to the midribs or rachises. Leaves mostly uniform. Veins free. Indusia straight or curved, opening toward the midribs. [Ancient Greek name; some species were supposed to be remedies for diseases of the spleen.] A genus of some 400 species, of very wide geographical distribution. Type species: Asplenium Tricliomanes L.