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).
Today 87 years ago passed away Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (nee Knight), one of the leading Bryologists on the US in the early twentieth century and one of the co-founders of The New York Botanical Garden
Polystichum kruckebergii from the Sierra Buttes (two years ago - wish I was there now!) #fernfriday #fernsofinstagram https://instagr.am/p/CGseUccp3Aa/
Rapid Light-Response Curve of Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Terrestrial Plants: Relationship to CO2 Exchange among Five Woody and Four Fern Species Adapted to Different Light and Water Regimes http://dlvr.it/RttPtG