Extra blue-light receptors helped ferns thrive in early angiosperm forests
Leptosporangiate ferns have three times more cryptochrome receptors than their nearest relatives.
Plant Science from Cell Biology to Ecosystems
Leptosporangiate ferns have three times more cryptochrome receptors than their nearest relatives.
The first divergences among horsetail species occurred with the break-up of Pangaea.
A surprising number of plants snack on fungi as well as sunshine.
The Aspleniaceae is a family of ferns, some of which are terrestrial and some of which are epiphytes. A new study has found a rarity, a hemiepiphyte.
Ferns use their leaves for both reproduction and carbon fixation. How do they manage to use one organ to tackle two very different jobs?
Video on the alternation of generations in ferns.