Fern classification

Biology and Evolution of Ferns and Lycophytes

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 417-467

  Smith, Alan R ^a   Pryer, Kathleen M ^b   Schuettpelz, Eric ^b   Korall, Petra ^c   Schneider, Harald ^d   Wolf, Paul G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541827.017     Document Type: Chapter

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