Several developmental and morphogenetic factors govern the evolution of stomatal patterning in land plants

PJ Rudall, J Hilton, RM Bateman - New Phytologist, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We evaluate stomatal development in terms of its primary morphogenetic factors and place it
in a phylogenetic context, including clarification of the contrasting specialist terms that are …

Phylogenetic relationships of extant ferns based on evidence from morphology and rbcL sequences

KM Pryer, AR Smith, JE Skog - American Fern Journal, 1995 - JSTOR
We present the first cladistic analysis of extant ferns based on morphological characters. Our
data set consisted of 77 vegetative and reproductive morphological/anatomical characters …

Leaf epidermal micromorphology and its implications in systematics of certain taxa of the fern family Pteridaceae from northern Pakistan

SN Shah, A Celik, M Ahmad, F Ullah… - Microscopy …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The present study is insights into foliar epidermal anatomy for characterizing clades, and
their utility in taxonomic segregation of certain species of Pteridaceae from Northern …

Foliar epidermal micromorphology and its taxonomic implications in some selected species of Athyriaceae

SN Shah, M Ahmad, M Zafar, A Razzaq… - Microscopy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
For the robust identification of taxonomically complex fern family like Athyriaceae, light and
scanning electron microscopy is significance implications. This article present first …

Is morphology really at odds with molecules in estimating fern phylogeny?

H Schneider, AR Smith, KM Pryer - Systematic Botany, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Using a morphological dataset of 136 vegetative and reproductive characters, we infer the
tracheophyte phylogeny with an emphasis on early divergences of ferns (monilophytes). The …

Leaf micromorphological adaptations of resurrection ferns in Northern Pakistan

SN Shah, M Ahmad, M Zafar, F Ullah, W Zaman… - Flora, 2019 - Elsevier
The resurrection plant species, termed desiccation-tolerant plants have evolved remarkable
ability to withstand extreme dehydration and rapid rehydration of vegetative tissue without …

Spore morphology and leaf epidermal anatomy as a taxonomic source in the identification of Asplenium species from Malakand division Pakistan

SN Shah, M Ahmad, M Zafar, F Hadi… - Microscopy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Several studies have demonstrated the usefulness of leaf epidermal, and spore
morphological characters in the taxonomy of genus Asplenium. However, works on the …

Phylogeny of Marsileaceous Ferns and Relationships of the Fossil Hydropteris pinnata Reconsidered

KM Pryer - International Journal of Plant Sciences, 1999 - journals.uchicago.edu
Recent phylogenetic studies have provided compelling evidence that confirms the once
disputed hypothesis of monophyly for heterosporous leptosporangiate ferns (Marsileaceae …

Evolution of the class IV HD-zip gene family in streptophytes

CS Zalewski, SK Floyd, C Furumizu… - Molecular Biology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Class IV homeodomain leucine zipper (C4HDZ) genes are plant-specific transcription
factors that, based on phenotypes in Arabidopsis thaliana, play an important role in …

Morphology, Anatomy, Micromorphology, and Palynology of the Squirrel's Foot Fern, Davallia mariesii (Davalliaceae)

S Yang, G Choi, JH Song - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Davallia mariesii T. Moore ex Baker, a member of the section Trogostolon (Copel.) M. Kato
and Tsutsumi (Davalliaceae MR Schomb.), is a lithophytic or epiphytic herb that grows on …