Pyrrosia platyphylla
It’s always a special thrill to find a species you have described from herbarium material...
Read MorePosted by Peter Hovenkamp | Oct 5, 2014 | Ferns, New Collections
It’s always a special thrill to find a species you have described from herbarium material...
Read MorePosted by Peter Hovenkamp | Sep 28, 2014 | Herbarium Specimen, Observations
Ferns in the genus Selliguea generally have a thick, leathery lamina, but this epiphytic species...
Read MorePosted by Peter Hovenkamp | Sep 26, 2014 | Ferns, New Collections
A large fern, with a beautiful rhizome (for those of us who love rhizomes almost more than the...
Read MorePosted by Peter Hovenkamp | Sep 25, 2014 | Featured videos, Videos
When I sat down in an idle moment to watch a sporangium of Angiopteris opening, I was not...
Read MoreOnce more unto the breach, dear friends: Resolving the origins & relationships of the Pellaea wrightiana hybrid complex (new #AJB reseach by Michael Windham, Layne Huiet, Jordan Metzgar, Tom Ranker, George Yatskievych et al) https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.1850 #botany #ferns @wileyplantsci
A great day doing a comprehensive Asplenium septentrionale count together with @NatResWales staff. Some positive site actions have already been done, and a good discussion on a management plan to look after this very special site. @FernBPS @fossilplants #FernFriday @cofnod
3Phylogeny, character evolution, and systematics of the fern family Ophioglossaceae based on Sanger sequence data, plastomes, and morphology http://dlvr.it/SQndGJ
Based on an estimate of 51 families worldwide. Total number of families on this website = 50.
Based on an estimate of 337 genera worldwide. Total number of genera on this website = 283.
Based on an estimate of 11,916 species worldwide. Total number of species on this website = 1469.