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Aspidium
Aspidium filix-mas
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Aspidium

Sw. 1801
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Aspidium Sw. is a fern genus in the Dryopteridaceae (wood fern) family. Although the genus name itself it is now generally considered to be obsolete and a synonym for Tectaria Cav. (in the Tectariaceae family),[1] Aspidium's former species have been placed in several other families and genera.

The name aspidium is also used in referring to a medicine, usually in the form of an oleoresin extract, containing filicin, made from the rhizomes and stipes of certain former Aspidium species such as Dryopteris filix-mas (male fern), and Dryopteris marginalis (marginal fern). These medicines have been used in the treatment of tapeworm infection, but their use is limited to otherwise-untreatable cases due to the toxicity of the medication. Safer drugs such as dichlorophen, niclosamide, and quinacrine are preferred.

Species

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Most Aspidium species have been recategorized into other genera, including:[1]

in family Aspleniaceae Newman 1840

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in family Davalliaceae M.R. Schomb. ex A.B. Frank 1849:

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  • genus Nephrolepis (Sw.) Schott 1834
    • Aspidium acuminatum Willd. 1810 =
      Aspidium acutum Schkuhr 1809 =
      Aspidium biserratum Sw. 1801 =
      Aspidium ensifolium Schkuhr 1806 =
      Aspidium guineense Schumach. 1829 =
      Aspidium punctulatum Sw. 1806 = Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott 1834
    • Aspidium cordifolium (L.) Sw. 1801 =
      Aspidium tuberosum Bory ex Willd. 1810 = Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C.Presl 1836
    • Aspidium exaltatum (L.) Sw.1801 = Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott 1834
    • Aspidium pectinatum Willd. 1810 = Nephrolepis pectinata (Willd.) Schott 1834
    • Aspidium pendulum Raddi 1819 = Nephrolepis pendula (Raddi) J.Sm. 1841
    • Aspidium sesquipedale Willd. 1810 = Nephrolepis rivularis (Vahl) Mett.ex Krug 1897
    • Aspidium undulatum Afzel.ex Sw. 1801 = Nephrolepis undulata (Afzel.ex Sw.) J.Sm. 1846
  • nothogenus × Pleuroderris Maxon 1934
    • Aspidium tatei (Baker) Diels 1899 = × Pleuroderris michleriana (D.C. Eaton) Maxon 1934

in family Metaxyaceae Pic.Serm 1970

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in family Oleandraceae Ching ex Pic. Serm. 1965

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in family Tectariaceae Panigrahi 1986

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in family Thelypteridaceae Ching ex Pic. Serm. 1970

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not placed elsewhere

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  • Aspidium abbreviatum Poir. 1816
  • Aspidium abbreviatum Schrad. 1824
  • Aspidium abortivum Blume 1828
  • Aspidium alfaroi H.Christ 1905
  • Aspidium cicutarium (L.) Sw.
  • Aspidium fraseri Mett.ex Kuhn
  • Aspidium karstenianum (Klotzsch) H.Christ
  • Aspidium nutans H.Christ
  • Aspidium prominulum H.Christ
  • Aspidium strigosum Willd.
  • Aspidium strigosum H.Christ
  • Aspidium subdecussatum H.Christ
  • Aspidium tatei (Baker) Diels

References

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  1. ^ a b Aspidium Sw. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 25 Jan 2012
  2. ^ A. schimperianum Herbarium, University of Michigan 15 Feb 2012