Premise Extrafloral nectaries have mainly been studied in angiosperms, but have also been
reported in 39 fern species. Here we provide a global review of nectaries in ferns and …

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 …

Traditionally, pteridophytes include the so-called ferns and fern allies because of their
shared life cycle as spore-producing plants. Recently, molecular data show that …

Hamiguitan Range is one of the wildlife sanctuaries in the Philippines having unique
biodiversity resources that are at risk due to forest degradation and conversion of forested …

Five altitudinal pteridophyte zones are established along the northeastern altitudinal slopes
of Mt. Banahaw de Lucban, Quezon, Luzon Is., Philippines using cluster-and ordination …

Abstract Background and Aims Ferns are the second largest group of vascular plants and
are distributed nearly worldwide. Although ferns have been integrated into some …

Abstract Heads, Michael (Science Faculty, University of Goroka, PO Box 1078, Goroka,
Papua New Guinea. Current address: Biology Department, University of the South Pacific …

Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses of the combined data sets of two
chloroplast genes, rbc L and rps 4, demonstrate that nk; the monotypic genus …

A revised Checklist of 331 species of Fijian ferns and lycophytes is presented here. Six
species are presumed to be introduced and 48 (15%) are endemic. The annotated list …