| Family |
Aspleniaceae |
| Scientific name |
Asplenium prolongatum Hooker |
| Synonyms |
Asplenium achileifolium (Lamarck) H. Christ ex Nakai; Asplenium bipinnatum
(hillebrand) D. D. Palmer var. prolongatum (Hooker) Bonaparte; Asplenium
elongatum H. Christ |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) hinoki-shida [hinoki fern (hinoki = Chamaecyparis obutusa)] |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (Sizuoka Prefecture, Kii Peninsula), Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam - India, Sri Lanka |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=144 |
| Description |
Leaves 10-20cm length, 2-5cm width. Evergreen. lithophyte on rocks in montane
forest. |
| Reference |
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) |
| 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) |
| Compositions and methods for removing pollutants from contaminated materials (WIPO Patent WO/2000/061822) |
| Plant cultivation method (WIPO Patent WO/2005/122752) |
