A revised family-level classification for eupolypod II ferns (Polypodiidae: Polypodiales)

Taxon

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 515-533

  Rothfels, Carl J ^a   Sundue, Michael A ^b   Kuo, Li Yaung ^c   Larsson, Anders ^d   Kato, Masahiro ^e   Schuettpelz, Eric ^f   Pryer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Athyriaceae; Diplaziopsis; Ferns; Rhachidosorus; Taxonomy; Woodsiaceae

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FERN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ASPLENIACEAE; ATHYRIACEAE; BLECHNACEAE; DIPLAZIOPSIS; FILICALES; FILICOPHYTA; POLYPODIIDAE; RHACHIDOSORUS; THELYPTERIDACEAE; WOODSIA (FERN);

EID: 84862328803     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.613003     Document Type: Article

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