Ash
I am a Lycophyte phylogeneticist and taxonomist working on Australasian Phlegmariurus. I live in tropical Australia.
11 Posts
David Sanín
I'm a Colombian botanist who has a deep admiration for the ferns, specially Serpocaulon and its relatives.
8 Posts
Jefferson Prado
I am a Brazilian pteridologist and I work on phylogeny, nomenclature, taxonomy, and geographical distribution of Pteridaceae and Dryopteridaceae; pteridoflora in Brazil, Bolivia, and China.
7 Posts
Maria Alice Neves
I study mushrooms and teach at a university in Southern Brazil. I enjoy taking pictures of ferns and am interested in knowing more about what grows where I live.
7 Posts
Michael Sundue
I am particularly interested in macroevolutionary patterns and characters that diagnose large clades of ferns and lycophytes. My field work is centered in Mexico, Colombia, and Papua New Guinea. I am based in the Pringle Herbarium (VT) at the University of Vermont. If you have any ferns that you want identified, please send them to me!
1210 PostsNathan Smith
I am an amateur botanist working on the fern and lycophyte flora of Santa Catarina Island, in southern Brazil. I also study the taxonomy of the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae).
171 Posts
Peter Hovenkamp
I have been working on ferns since 1980, starting at the Rijksherbarium Leiden, which is now morphed into the Botany section of the Naturalis Biodivesity Center. I have tackled a number of families and genera, always with the goal to find out how many (some would say, how few) species there really are. The main focus of my work has been on the Malesian part of the world (basically, Indonesia and surrounding countries), but I have also worked on the flora of China and Sri Lanka.
4 Posts
wtesto
I am a post doc at the University of Florida, where I work in land plant phylogenomics and systematics. I am broadly interested in ferns and lycophytes, especially in the American tropics.
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A Small Number of Gametophytes with Gametangia and Stunted Sporophytes of Antrophyum obovatum Baker (Pteridaceae): The Suppression of Functional Sporophyte Production by Prezygotic and Postzygotic Sterility. http://dlvr.it/Rr9wwH
FOTW VS. WORLDWIDE DIVERSITY
98.04%
Based on an estimate of 51 families worldwide. Total number of families on this website = 50.
Genera
83.09%
Based on an estimate of 337 genera worldwide. Total number of genera on this website = 280.
Species
10.67%
Based on an estimate of 11,916 species worldwide. Total number of species on this website = 1271.