Asplenium nidus




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.



January 2008
at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden
January 2008
at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden
January 2008
at Ibaraki Prefecture
Botanical Garden



January 2008
at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden
January 2008
at Ibaraki Prefecture
Botanical Garden
January 2008
at Ibaraki Prefecture Botanical Garden