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The ferns are an ancient lineage of plants, dating back to at least the Devonian. They include three living groups - Marattiales, Ophioglossales, and leptosporangiate ferns - as well as a couple of extinct groups.
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Introduction to the Pteridopsida The ferns are an ancient lineage of plants, dating back to at least the Devonian. They include three living groups Marattiales, Ophioglossales, and leptosporangiate ferns as well as a couple of extinct groups. An additional...Introduction to ferns from the Tree of Life project.
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Filicopsida Go to navigation for this section of the ToL site Go to quick links Go to quick search Go to detailed site links Site Navigation Browse Help Features Learning Contribute About advanced go to beginning...Next to the flowering plants, the leptosporangiate ferns are the most diverse group of living land plants. Estimates place their diversity at about 12,000 species in around 300 genera. This page is part of the tree of life phylogeny project.
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leptosporangiate ferns Go to navigation for this section of the ToL site Go to quick links Go to quick search Go to detailed site links Site Navigation Browse Help Features Learning Contribute About advanced go to beginning...Introduction to the systematics of the ferns, with family descriptions and images.
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Pterophyta Return to phylum directory The phylum Pterophyta is a group of non-seed plants with a fossil record dating back to the lower Devonian. The phylum consists of about 11,000 living species. Vegetatatively,the Pterophyta are a...Includes a description of the fern life cycle, list of families and genera, and links to images of selected representatives.
http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/Pterophyta/pterophyta.html
List of all families and genera, with numbers of species and ranges.
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To locate a fern family or genus, use the Find function built in to your web browser. ACTINIOPTERIDACEAE Actiniopteris Link. 5 species, Africa to Sri Lanka Pteridaceae] ADIANTACEAE Adiantopsis Fee. 7 species of tropical America...Searchable database.
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Fern ID no frames, oh dear...Small images of 39 antique prints by Thomas Moore, 1855.
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Ferns Main This collection was produced in London in 1855 by the difficult and laborious nature printing process. Each engraving plate was made from a plaster cast of an actual plant for the purpose of exact botanical...Photographs and descriptions of the ferns of southern Florida.
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~scofield/sofl_plants/fern_index.html
A collection of images and information on ferns growing in the DC area.
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Hardy Palm Trees and Ferns around DC: Ferns The majority of these evergreen and perennial fern species are ones that I have personally found and some are ones that other aficionados have found or collected. I have located and identified about 27 different...Lists all native pteridophyte species and some hybrids, with photographs of most and data pages for some.
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Ferns et al of New England England fern information is moving to http NEfern.info I just want to see all the pictures already! ferns or flowers The main site is through here acknowledgements EMAIL Don author don@nefern.info navigate by Button...Checklist plus distribution data and links for each species.
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Pteridophytes A list of the ferns growing spontaneously on the island of Barbados and their distribution in the eleven parishes of the island. This list is a product of active research by Drs. Louis Chinnery and...Photos and brief information indexed by common and scientific names.
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Connecticut Botanical Society: Fern Photo Gallery For an aid to fern identification in the field, see the Quick Guide to the Common Ferns of New England, prepared by CBS member Arieh Tal. Click on a fern name for photos and information:...Refers to Australian taxa and mainly changes effected in the 1990s.
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Recent pteridophyte name changes Recent pteridophyte name changes Introduction Why change names Name changes References A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X...Scientific paper from American Journal of Botany 2004 showing that Psilotophyta and Equisetophya are in the Monilophyte clade with the other ferns.
http://www.pryerlab.net/publication/fichier494.pdf