Ecological diversity and adaptive tendencies in the tropical fern Trichomanes L. (Hymenophyllaceae) with special reference to climbing and epiphytic habits

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-63

  Dubuisson, Jean Yves ^a   Hennequin, Sabine ^a   Rakotondrainibe, France ^b   Schneider, Harald ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filmy ferns; Hygrophilous; Lianescence; Pteridophytes; Rain forests; Vines

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FERN; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FILICOPHYTA; HYMENOPHYLLACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRICHOMANES;

EID: 0038518550     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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