Asplenium trichomanes




Family Aspleniaceae
Scientific name Asplenium trichomanes L.
Synonyms Asplenium caput-serpentis Henriques; Asplenium ceterach L. subsp. bivalens (D. E. Meyer) Greuter & Burdet; Asplenium dichroum Kuntze ex C. Presl; Asplenium harovii Godron; Asplenium linnaei SoĆ³; Asplenium melanocaulon Willdenow; Asplenium melanolepis Colenso; Asplenium microphyllum Tineo; Asplenium pechuellii Kuntze; Asplenium rectangulare Bonaparte; Asplenium saxatile Salisbury; Asplenium subrotundum St Lager in Cariot; Asplenium trichomanes L. forma incisum (Gray) Clute; Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. bivalens D. E. Meyer; Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. microphyllum (Tineo) Arcang.; Asplenium trichomanes L. var. harovii (Godron) Moore; Asplenium trichomaniforme H. P. Fuchs; Asplenium trichomanoides Lumnizer; Asplenium umbrosum (Milde) Goldschmidt; Athyrium trichomanes (L.) Shafer; Chamaefilix trichomanes (L.) Farwell; Phyllitis rotundifolia Moench; Trichomanes callitriche Bubani; Trichomanes crenatum Gilibert; Trichomanes melanocaulon (Willdenow) Bubani
Common name (Japanese common name) cha-sen-shida [tea whisk fern]
(English common name) maidenhair spleenwort, common spleenwort, delicate maidenhair spleenwort
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) worldwide
Chromosomal number n=72, 2n=144
Description Evergreen.
Reference Asplenium trichomanes L.
Asplenium trichomanes Linnaeus
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)



November 2006
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
November 2006
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden