Hemiepiphytes revisited

G Zotz, F Almeda, AP Bautista-Bello, A Eskov… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Hemiepiphytic plants are defined by their ontogeny. They germinate on a host tree but later
establish root contact with the soil. Most hemiepiphytes remain structurally dependent on …

Identifying cryptic fern gametophytes using DNA barcoding: A review

JH Nitta, SM Chambers - Applications in Plant Sciences, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ferns and lycophytes are unique among land plants in having sporophyte (diploid) and
gametophyte (haploid) generations that can grow independently of each other. While most …

Re‐terrestrialization in the phylogeny of epiphytic plant lineages: Microsoroid ferns as a case study

CC Chen, J Hyvönen… - Journal of Systematics and …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The fern family Polypodiaceae, with over 1600 species, is not only one of the most species‐
rich families of ferns, but also a major contributor to the vascular epiphytic diversity …

A new approach to an old problem: how to categorize the habit of ferns and lycophytes

G Zotz, L Armenia, HJR Einzmann - Annals of Botany, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Substrate preferences are often treated as species traits and
are used to distinguish different habits, ie an epiphytic, lithophytic or terrestrial habit. Such a …

Primary Hemiepiphytism in Colysis ampla (Polypodiaceae) Provides New Insight into the Evolution of Growth Habit in Ferns

W Testo, M Sundue - International Journal of Plant Sciences, 2014‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae

M Kessler, RC Moran, JT Mickel, FB Matos, AR Smith - Phytotaxa, 2018‏ - biotaxa.org
We provide a synopsis of the 207 species of Dryopteridaceae in 15 genera currently known
from Bolivia. This is the secondmost species-rich fern family in the country and includes the …

Leptochilus ornithopus (Polypodiaceae), a new hemiepiphytic fern species from central highlands of Vietnam

T Fujiwara, BH Quang, S Tagane, N Murakami… - …, 2023‏ - phytotaxa.mapress.com
Abstract Leptochilus ornithopus T. Fujiw. & BH Quang (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiales) is
described as a new species, based on integrated evidence from phylogenetic and …

Phylogeny and classification of the Cuban species of Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae), with description of Elaphoglossum sect. Wrightiana sect. nov.

J Lóriga, A Vasco, L Regalado, J Heinrichs… - Plant Systematics and …, 2014‏ - Springer
Although a worldwide phylogeny of the bolbitidoid fern genus Elaphoglossum is now
available, little is known about the phylogenetic position of the 34 Cuban species. We …

Hymenasplenium volubile: documentation of its gametophytes and the first record of a hemiepiphyte in the Aspleniaceae

JL Watts, RC Moran, JE Watkins Jr - Annals of Botany, 2019‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims Through careful field examination of the growth habit of the
gametophytes and sporophytes of Hymenasplenium volubile across an ontogenetic series …

Taxonomic Revision of the Neotropical Species of Elaphoglossum Sect. Squamipedia (Dryopteridaceae) 1

A Vasco, JT Mickel, RC Moran - Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 2013‏ - BioOne
Taxonomic keys, illustrations, descriptions, synonymy, distribution maps, and an index to
collectors' names and numbers are given for the Neotropical taxa belonging to …