| Family |
Aspleniaceae |
| Scientific name |
Hymenasplenium cardiophyllum (Hance) Nakaike |
| Synonyms |
Asplenium cardiophyllum (Hance) Baker; Asplenium ikenoi (Makino) H. Ohba;
Boniniella cardiophylla (Hance) Tagawa; Boniniella ikenoi (Makino) Hayata;
Micropodium cardiophyllum Hance |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) hime-tani-watari [dwarf tani-watari (tani-watari
= branch shooting across over the valley)] |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Ogasawara Island, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) China (Hainan Island) |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=156 |
| Description |
Leaves 5-12cm length, 5-8cm 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) |
| Note |
Rare species |
