A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns

2011/02/18 by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, X. C. Zhang, Harald Schneider · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Fern and Epiphyte Biology #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and animal studies #Extant taxon #Fern #Biology #Herbarium #Phylogenetic tree #Sequence (biology) #Botany #Evolutionary biology #Genetics

paper · pdf · doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2

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Abstract

Throughout the history of the classification of extant ferns (monilophytes) and lycophytes, familial and generic concepts have been in great flux. For the organisation of lycophytes and ferns in herbaria, books, checklists, indices and spore banks and on the internet, this poses a problem, and a standardized linear sequence of these plants is therefore in great need. We provide here a linear classification to the extant lycophytes and ferns based on current phylogenetic knowledge; this provides a standardized guide for organisation of fern collections into a more natural sequence. Two new families, Diplaziopsidaceae and Rhachidosoraceae, are here introduced.

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