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.
Medieval doctors were completely wrong about ferns curing spleen problems, but their mistake gave us the name 'Asplenium,' and now this beautiful group of ferns is named after that ancient medical misconception.
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