Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asplenium scolopendrium L. [Aspleniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. japonicum (Kom.) Rasbach, Reichst. & Viane

Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

Asplenium scolopendrium subsp. scolopendrium

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fern spleen	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hart's tongue	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
hart's tongue fern	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hart's-tongue fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
harts tongue	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hartstongue	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hjorttunga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scolopendrium vulgare	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spleenwort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spleenwort fern	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asplenium elongatum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 402 (1796), nom. superfl.
Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman Hist. Brit. Ferns, ed. 2: 10 (1844).
Scolopendrium officinale var. integrum Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1: 26 (1831), not validly publ.
Scolopendrium scolopendrium (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 278 (1881), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asplenium elongatum Salisb.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Asplenium scolopendrium	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Asplenium scolopendrium L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newm.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Phyllitis scolopendrium (L.) Newman.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)

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