A tribe of ferns in the family Aspleniaceae, characterized by their linear sori (spore clusters) arranged along the veins on the underside of fronds.
From the genus 'Asplenium' + '-eae' (botanical suffix for taxonomic tribes). 'Asplenium' comes from Greek 'a-' (without) + 'splen' (spleen), as medieval herbalists believed these ferns could cure spleen diseases.
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