| Family |
Aspleniaceae |
| Scientific name |
Asplenium nidus L. |
| Synonyms |
Neottopteris nidus (L.) J. Smith; Thamnopteris nidus (L.) C. Presl |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) shima-oh-tani-watari [Okinawa large tani-watari
(tani-watari = branch shooting across over the valley)] |
| (English common name) bird's nest fern |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Ogasawara Islands (Iwo Island), Tanegashima Island, Yakushima Island,
Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia,
Tanzania |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=144 |
| Description |
Leaves 100cm length, 12-30cm width. Evergreen. Epiphytic. |
| Reference |
Asplenium nidus L. |
| Molecular Taxonomic Study and Revision of the Three Japanese Species of
Asplenium sect. |
| Novel N-alkyl or N-alkenyl-N-(O,O-disubstituted-thio-phosphoryl)-N',N'-disubstituted glycin amides, process for the preparation thereof and acaricide, insecticide and fungicide containing these compounds as active ingredient (US Patent 4889944/1989) |
| N-alkyl or N-alkylene substituted glycin amides as insecticides or fungicides (US Patent 4870065/1989) |
| Media for the tissue culture of plants and method of culture with the same (US Patent 6218184/2001) |
| Methods for removing pollutants from contaminated soil materials with a fern plant (US Patent 6302942/2001) |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 6576816/2003) |
| Trace element phytoremediation (US Patent 6974896/2005) |
| Compositions and methods for removing pollutants from contaminated wafer with a fern plant (US Patent 7069690/2006) |
| Chickweed bioherbicides (US Patent 7141407/2006) |
| Contaminant removal by ferns via foliar-application and excised/ground fronds (US Patent 7066982/2006) |
| Contaminant removal by additional ferns (US Patent 7065920/2006) |
| Heavy metal phytoremediation (US Patent 7034202/2006) |
| Method for plant tissue culture (European Patent EP1070450/2001) |
| Apparatus for culturing plantlets and process for culturing plantlets by using said apparatus (European Patent EP1127482/2003) |
| Compositions and methods for removing pollutants from contaminated materials (WIPO Patent WO/2000/061822) |
| Plant cultivation method (WIPO Patent WO/2005/122752) |
| Novel plants (WIPO Patent WO/2006/133970) |
| Note |
Many Japanese authors believe that Asplenium nidus L. is not a synonym of Asplenium australasicum (J. Smith) Hooker. |
| Asplenium nidus sensu Raddi, non L. is a synonym of Asplenium serratum L. |
