Data on mating systems for homosporous ferns. Ploidy, general region (temperate or tropical), and growth habit (epiphyte or terrestrial) are given. Sib % and isolate % are the percentages of gametophytes that produced sporophytes either in sibling pairs or when isolated, respectively. Data were collected by E.B. Sessa, W. Testo, and J.E. Watkins, Jr. (Sessa et al., unpublished).

 

FamilyTaxonPloidyTemperate or tropicalGrowth HabitSib %Isolate %
AnemiaceaeAnemia tomentosa (Sav.) Sw.6TropicalTerrestrial0.720.67
AspleniaceaeAsplenium auritum Sw.—TropicalEpiphyte10.65
AspleniaceaeAsplenium auritum Sw.4TropicalEpiphyte0.890.26
AspleniaceaeAsplenium csikii Kümmerle & András4TemperateTerrestrial0.860.82
AspleniaceaeAsplenium montanum Willd.2TemperateTerrestrial0.630.21
AspleniaceaeAsplenium pinnatifidum Nutt.4TemperateTerrestrial0.810.74
AspleniaceaeAsplenium platyneuron (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.2TemperateTerrestrial0.880.74
AspleniaceaeAsplenium rhizophyllum L.2TemperateTerrestrial0.640.24
AspleniaceaeAsplenium scolopendrium L. var. americanum (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi4TemperateTerrestrial0.140000000000000010
AspleniaceaeAsplenium scolopendrium L. var. scolopendrium2TemperateTerrestrial0.840.44
AspleniaceaeAsplenium serra Langsd. & Fisch.—TropicalEpiphyte0.390.28000000000000003
AspleniaceaeAsplenium serratum L.—TropicalEpiphyte0.560000000000000050.39
AspleniaceaeAsplenium trichomanes L. ssp. quadrivalens D.E. Mey4TemperateTerrestrial0.740.77
AspleniaceaeAsplenium trichomanes L. ssp. trichomanes2TemperateTerrestrial0.670.69
AthyriaceaeAthyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth2TemperateTerrestrial0.240
AthyriaceaeAthyrium x 'Ghost'—TemperateTerrestrial00.33
BlechnaceaeBlechnum australe L.—TemperateTerrestrial00.17
BlechnaceaeBlechnum occidentale L.—TropicalTerrestrial0.850.64
BlechnaceaeWoodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.2TemperateTerrestrial0.680
BlechnaceaeWoodwardia virginica (L.) Sm.2TemperateTerrestrial0.770
CyatheaceaeCyathea horrida (L.) Sm.2TropicalTerrestrial0.430
CyatheaceaeCyathea maxonii Underw. ex Maxon2TropicalTerrestrial0.680.26
CyatheaceaeCyathea tomentosissima Copel.—TropicalTerrestrial0.420.33
CystopteridaceaeCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.2TemperateTerrestrial0.880.18
CystopteridaceaeCystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.4TemperateTerrestrial10.86
CystopteridaceaeCystopteris tenuis Desv.4TemperateTerrestrial0.830.54
CystopteridaceaeGymnocarpium dryopteris Newman—TemperateTerrestrial0.510
DavalliaceaeDavallia pentaphylla Blume2TropicalEpiphyte0.080
DipteridaceaeDipteris conjugata Reinw.2TropicalTerrestrial0.50
DryopteridaceaeArachniodes denticulata (Sw.) Ching2TropicalTerrestrial0.840.22
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris amurensis Christ—TemperateTerrestrial0.920.32
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs4TemperateTerrestrial0.740.52
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris clintoniana (D.C. Eaton) Dowell6TemperateTerrestrial0.680.49
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray—TemperateTerrestrial0.710.49
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris formosana (Christ) C. Chr.6TemperateTerrestrial0.380.42
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris intermedia A. Gray2TemperateTerrestrial0.660.27
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris marginalis (L.) A. Gray2TemperateTerrestrial0.447.0000000000000007E-2
DryopteridaceaeDryopteris nubigena Maxon & Morton2TropicalTerrestrial0.650
DryopteridaceaeElaphoglossum hermenieri—TropicalEpiphyte7.0000000000000007E-20.09
DryopteridaceaeMegalastrum galeottii (M. Martens) R.C. Moran & J. Prado2TropicalTerrestrial0.660
DryopteridaceaeOlfersia cervina Kunze—TropicalTerrestrial0.750.27
DryopteridaceaePolystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott2TemperateTerrestrial0.670.06
DryopteridaceaePolystichum montevidense Rosenst.—TropicalTerrestrial0.60.04
DryopteridaceaePolystichum munitum (Kaulf.) C. Presl2TemperateTerrestrial0.77.0000000000000007E-2
DryopteridaceaePolystichum setiferum (Forssk.) Woynar6TemperateTerrestrial0.520
DryopteridaceaeQuercifilix zeylanica (Houtt.) Copel.—TropicalTerrestrial0.590
DryopteridaceaeTectaria sp. 2—TropicalTerrestrial00.33
DryopteridaceaeTectaria vivipara Jermy & T.G. Walker2TropicalTerrestrial0.50.25
EquisetaceaeEquisetum arvense L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.820
EquisetaceaeEquisetum hyemale L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.760
EquisetaceaeEquisetum pratense Ehrh.—TemperateTerrestrial0.440
HypodematiaceaeDidymochlaena truncatula (Sw.) J. Sm.—TropicalTerrestrial0.90.86
LindsaeaceaeSphenomeris chinensis Maxon—TropicalTerrestrial0.170.33
LonchitidaceaeLonchitis hirsuta L.—TropicalTerrestrial0.420.16
LygodiaceaeLygodium palmatum (Bernh.) Sw.—TemperateTerrestrial11
LygodiaceaeLygodium venustum Sw.2TropicalTerrestrial11
MarattiaceaeAngiopteris evecta (Forst.) Hoffm.—TropicalTerrestrial0.70.38
MarattiaceaeDanaea wendlandii Rchb.f.—TropicalTerrestrial10.9
NephrolepidaceaeNephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott—TropicalTerrestrial0.990.87
NephrolepidaceaeNephrolepis rivularis (Vahl) Mett.—TropicalEpiphyte/Terrestrial10.9
OleandraceaeOleandra articulata (Sw.) C. Presl—TropicalEpiphyte0.330.05
OsmundaceaeOsmunda claytoniana L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.680
OsmundaceaeOsmunda claytoniana L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.670
OsmundaceaeOsmunda javanica Blume—TemperateTerrestrial0.080
OsmundaceaeOsmunda regalis L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.330
OsmundaceaeOsmunda regalis L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.340.05
OsmundaceaeOsmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl—TemperateTerrestrial0.060
OsmundaceaeOsmundastrum cinnamomeum (L.) C. Presl—TemperateTerrestrial0.490.1
PlagiogyriaceaePlagiogyria japonica Nakai—TropicalTerrestrial0.250.17
PolypodiaceaeBelvisia mucronata (Fée) Copel.—TropicalEpiphyte0.080
PolypodiaceaeCampyloneurum aphanophlebium T. Moore—TropicalEpiphyte0.110.02
PolypodiaceaeDrynaria quercifolia (L.) J. Sm.—TropicalEpiphyte0.080
PolypodiaceaeMicrogramma percussa (Cav.) de la Sota2TropicalEpiphyte0.650
PolypodiaceaeMicrosorum membranifolium (R. Br.) Ching—TropicalEpiphyte00.02
PolypodiaceaePecluma ptilodon (Kunze) M.G. Price2TropicalEpiphyte0.370
PolypodiaceaePhlebodium pseudoaureum (Cav.) Lellinger2TropicalEpiphyte10.45
PolypodiaceaePleopeltis complanata (Weath.) E.A. Hooper2TropicalEpiphyte0.660
PolypodiaceaePleopeltis macrocarpa Kaulf.2TropicalEpiphyte0.80.33
PolypodiaceaePleopeltis murora (Hook.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero2TropicalTerrestrial0.780
PolypodiaceaePleopeltis plebeia (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.R.Sm. & Tejero2TropicalEpiphyte0.660
PolypodiaceaePolypodium appalachianum Haufler & Windham2TemperateTerrestrial0.770.05
PolypodiaceaePolypodium dispersum A.M.Evans—TropicalEpiphyte0.280000000000000037.0000000000000007E-2
PolypodiaceaePolypodium hartwegianum Hk.in Benth.2TropicalEpiphyte0.840
PolypodiaceaePolypodium rhachypterygium Liebm.2TropicalTerrestrial0.590
PolypodiaceaePolypodium virginianum L.4TemperateTerrestrial0.690.16
PteridaceaeAdiantum capillus-veneris L.—TemperateTerrestrial0.980.62
PteridaceaeAdiantum latifolium Lam.2TropicalTerrestrial0.880.79
PteridaceaeAdiantum pedatum L.2TemperateTerrestrial0.760.02
PteridaceaeAdiantum radicans L.—TropicalTerrestrial0.810
PteridaceaeArgyrochosma nivea (Poir.) Windham2TemperateTerrestrial10.86
PteridaceaeCeratopteris pteridoides Underw.2TropicalTerrestrial10.75
PteridaceaeCeratopteris richardii Brongn.—TemperateTerrestrial10.5
PteridaceaeCheilanthes bonariensis (Willd.) Proctor—TropicalTerrestrial0.550000000000000040.5
PteridaceaeCheilanthes eatonii Baker3TemperateTerrestrial0.910.92
PteridaceaeCheilanthes hispanica Mett.—TemperateTerrestrial0.527.0000000000000007E-2
PteridaceaeCheilanthes tinaei Tod.—TemperateTerrestrial0.540.37
PteridaceaeCryptogramma stelleri (S.G.Gmel.) Prantl2TemperateTerrestrial0.680
PteridaceaeHemionitis arifolia (Burm.) T.Moore 4TropicalTerrestrial11
PteridaceaeNotholaena californica D.C.Eaton—TemperateTerrestrial10.93
PteridaceaeNotholaena montieliae Yatsk. & Arbeláez—TemperateTerrestrial0.170
PteridaceaePellaea sp.-1—TemperateTerrestrial0.831
PteridaceaePityrogramma austroamericana Domin—TropicalTerrestrial11
PteridaceaePityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link—TropicalTerrestrial11
PteridaceaePityrogramma calomelanos (L.) Link—TropicalTerrestrial0.579999999999999960.67
PteridaceaePityrogramma ebenea (L.) Proctor2TropicalTerrestrial11
PteridaceaePteris altissima Poir.—TropicalTerrestrial0.250.5
PteridaceaePteris multifida Poir.—TropicalTerrestrial10.22
PteridaceaePteris vittata L.—TropicalTerrestrial0.380.35
SaccolomataceaeSaccoloma inaquale (Kunze) Mett.2TropicalTerrestrial0.440
SchizaeaceaeLygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.—TropicalTerrestrial0.670.8
SchizeaceaeLygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.—TropicalTerrestrial0.579999999999999960.17
ThelypteridaceaeMacrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching —TropicalTerrestrial10.97
ThelypteridaceaeMacrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching —TropicalTerrestrial0.830.6
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris dentata (Forssk.) E.P. St. John—TropicalTerrestrial0.971
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris eggersii (Hieron.) C.F. Reed 2TropicalTerrestrial0.450
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris grandis A.R. Sm.—TropicalTerrestrial11
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris kunthii (Desv.) C.V.Morton—TropicalTerrestrial0.981
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris nicaraguensis (Fourn.) C.V.Morton —TropicalTerrestrial0.950.95
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris palustris Schott2TemperateTerrestrial0.080
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris palustris Schott2TemperateTerrestrial0.890.75
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris sp.-1—TropicalTerrestrial0.380.47
ThelypteridaceaeThelypteris sp.-2—TropicalTerrestrial0.420.33
WoodsiaceaeWoodsia glabella R. Br.2TemperateTerrestrial0.460
WoodsiaceaeWoodsia obtusa (Spr.) Torrey2TemperateTerrestrial0.910.64