Asplenium nidus

Asplenium nidus is an epiphytic species of fern in the family Aspleniaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia, eastern Australia, Hawaii (ʻēkaha in Hawaiian), Polynesia, Christmas Island, India, and eastern Africa. It is known by the common names bird's-nest fern (a name shared by some other aspleniums) or simply nest fern.

Asplenium nidus
Asplenium nidus in the Philippines
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Aspleniineae
Family:	Aspleniaceae
Genus:	Asplenium
Species:	A. nidus
Binomial name
Asplenium nidus L.
Synonyms
Asplenium antiquum Makino A. australasicum (J.Sm.) Hook. A. ficifolium Goldm. Neottopteris mauritiana Fée N. musaefolia J.Sm. N. nidus (L.) J.Sm. N. rigida Fée Thamnopteris nidus (L.) C.Presl