Phylogeny has long informed pteridophyte classification. As our ability to infer evolutionary
trees has improved, classifications aimed at recognizing natural groups have become …

摘要石松类和蕨类植物是以孢子繁殖的维管植物, 在陆地植物演化上占据重要地位.
随着分子系统学研究的开展, 各大类群间的系统发育关系得以阐明, 传统上的概念得以修正 …

This compilation of ferns and lycophytes in Brazil is an update of the one published in 2010
in Catálogo de Plantas e Fungos do Brasil. The methodology consisted in collecting data …

Hemiepiphytic plants are defined by their ontogeny. They germinate on a host tree but later
establish root contact with the soil. Most hemiepiphytes remain structurally dependent on …

Background and Aims Patterns of morphological evolution at levels above family rank
remain underexplored in the ferns. The present study seeks to address this gap through …

• Premise of the study: As currently circumscribed, Lastreopsis has about 45 species and
occurs in Australia, southern Asia, Africa, Madagascar, and the neotropics. Previous …

We studied species richness and community composition as well as the vertical distribution
of ferns and lycophytes in three forest types along an elevational gradient in the region of …

Bolbitis is a pantropical fern genus of Dryopteridaceae with ca. 80 species mainly in tropical
Asia. Earlier studies confirmed the monophyly of Bolbitis when Mickelia is excluded and …

Unlike seed plants, ferns leaves are considered to be structures with delayed determinacy,
with a leaf apical meristem similar to the shoot apical meristems. To better understand the …

Premise of research. Epiphytes are prominent in many tropical floras; however, the evolution
of epiphytism, especially among ferns, remains poorly understood. Transitions in habit have …