Extra blue-light receptors helped ferns thrive in early angiosperm forests
Leptosporangiate ferns have three times more cryptochrome receptors than their nearest relatives.
Tag: Ferns
New Equisetum phylogeny provides insight into an ancient lineage
The first divergences among horsetail species occurred with the break-up of Pangaea.
Hungry for fungi: green mycoheterotrophic plants are far more common than previously thought
A surprising number of plants snack on fungi as well as sunshine.
Cyanobacteria: Good week, or bad week..? Part III
Plant economics spectrum theory holds true within ferns
A fern thought to grow on trees still keeps a root on the ground
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.
Ecophysiology of early lineage vascular plants
Characterization of the satellitome in lower vascular plants: the case of the endangered fern Vandenboschia speciosa
Conserved thermal performance curves across the geographic range of a gametophytic fern
Stomatal cell wall composition: distinct structural patterns in different phylogenetic groups
With fronds like these… foliar dimorphism and reproduction in ferns
Ferns use their leaves for both reproduction and carbon fixation. How do they manage to use one organ to tackle two very different jobs?
Why should we investigate the morphological disparity of plant clades?
Sporogenesis and offspring ploidy levels in hybrid Dryopteris ferns
On Alternation of Generations
Video on the alternation of generations in ferns.