Directory: Top/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Plantae/Polypodiophyta

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Introduction to the Ferns
The ferns are an ancient lineage of plants, dating back to at least the Devonian. They include three living groups - Marattiales, Ophioglossales, and leptosporangiate ferns - as well as a couple of extinct groups.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/pterophyta/pteridopsida.html
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Filicopsida
Introduction to ferns from the Tree of Life project.
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Filicopsida&contgroup=Embryophytes
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Leptosporangiate Ferns
Next to the flowering plants, the leptosporangiate ferns are the most diverse group of living land plants. Estimates place their diversity at about 12,000 species in around 300 genera. This page is part of the tree of life phylogeny project.
http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Leptosporangiate_Ferns&contgroup=Filicopsida
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Pterophyta
Introduction to the systematics of the ferns, with family descriptions and images.
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/courses/systematics/Phyla/Pterophyta/Pterophyta.html
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British Fern Species
Searchable database.
http://midwales.com/westhill/mydbfern/
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Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
Small images of 39 antique prints by Thomas Moore, 1855.
http://rare-prints.com/ferns_main.htm
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Ferns of the Canberra Region
A site about ferns in southeastern Australia, their ecology, how to grow them, information on ferns in general, with numerous photographs.
http://www.home.aone.net.au/byzantium/ferns/
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American Fern Society
Information on the biology and cultivation of ferns; activities of the society including a spore exchange and publication of Fiddlehead Forum, American Fern Journal, and Pteridologia.
http://amerfernsoc.org/
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Ferns of Barbados
Checklist plus distribution data and links for each species.
http://scitec.uwichill.edu.bb/bcs/staff/lec/ferns.htm
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Gallery of Connecticut Ferns
Photos and brief information indexed by common and scientific names.
http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/ferns/
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