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Ferns (Monilophytes). Ferns (Monilophytes). Ferns. Shoot Primary Growth: Apical Cell. Fern: Shoots (Stem, Leaves) and Roots. Leaves: Circinate Vernation. Fern Frond (= Leaf): Stipe + Blade. http://hasbrouck.asu.edu/imglib/seinet/Pteridophytes/photos/Polypodium_hesperium_020207_1.jpg.
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Fern Frond (= Leaf): Stipe + Blade http://hasbrouck.asu.edu/imglib/seinet/Pteridophytes/photos/Polypodium_hesperium_020207_1.jpg
Fern Leaf: Simple Lobed (“Pinnatafid”) Unlobed Asplenium Polypodium
Fern Leaf: Once-Pinnately Compound (Rachis, Pinna, Petioule) https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/ fern_pinnate_frond01.gif http://www.plantsystematics.org/users/robbin/9_9_04/upload61/Phaneroph_umbonata.jpg
Fern Leaf: Twice-Pinnately Compound (Rachis, Pinna, Petioule, Costa, Pinnule, Petioulule) https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/pteridophytes/fern_frond01.jpg
Fern Leaf: Twice-Pinnately Compound (Rachis, Pinna, Petioule, Costa, Pinnule, Petioulule)
Fern Leaf: Compound (Pinna vs. Pinnule; Petiole vs. Petioule) One Pinna
Fern Leaf: Thrice-Pinnately Compound (Pinna, Petioule, Costa, Pinnule, Petioulule, Pinnulule, Petioululule) https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/25/flashcards/2696025/jpg/dsc08095-13F1C4252A2275C6808.jpg
Fern Vascular Tissue: Xylem Endarch Xylem Development
Fern Vascular Tissue: Phloem Sieve Tube Elements Sieve Cells
Stele (Protostele) Gleichenia
Stele (Siphonostele) Ectophloic Siphonostele Amphiphloic Siphonostele
Solenostele (Amphiphloic Siphonostele with One Leaf Gap) Adiantum
Solenostele (Amphiphloic Siphonostele with One Leaf Gap) Fig. 13-21 in Gifford and Foster 1989
Dictyostele (Amphiphloic Siphonostele with Overlapping Leaf Gaps) Dictyostele Polypodium
Dictylostele (Amphiphloic Siphonostele with Overlapping Leaf Gaps) Dictylostele Fig. 13-21 in Gifford and Foster 1989
Polycyclic Stele (One Dictyostele inside Another Dictyostele) Pteridium Sclerenchyma
Ectophloic Siphonostele (Multiple Leaf Gaps, Leaf Traces) Osmunda
Tree Ferns Leaf Bases Dicksonia Trunk Stele
Heterospory (Uncommon) Marsilea
Homospory (Common) Athyrium
Eusporangium vs. Leptosporangium Eusporangium Leptosporangium
Fern Sporangium: Annulus Position Oblique Lateral Apical Oblique Oblique Vertical Oblique Fig. 13-14 in Gifford and Foster 1989
Fern Sporangium: Sporangium Dehiscence Fig. 13-6 in Foster and Gifford 1989
Dimorphic vs. Non-Dimorphic Fronds Non-Dimorphic Dimorphic Onoclea Dryopteris
Acrostichoid Sporangia (Scattered on Frond Surface) Acrostichum
Non-Acrostichoid Sporangia (Occur in Clusters (Sori) on Frond Surface) Sorus
Fern Sorus Structure (with, without Indusium)
Fern Sorus Position and Form Fig. 13-7 in Foster and Gifford 1989
Fern Sori: Marginal Position (Pouch-Like Indusium) Hymenophyllum
Fern Sori: Sub-Marginal Position (“False Indusium”) Adiantum
Fern Sori: Sub-Marginal Position (“False Indusium” and True Indusium) Pteridium
Fern Sori: SuperficialPosition (Cup-Shaped Indusium) Cystopteris
Fern Sori: Superficial Position (Linear Indusium) Blechnum Asplenium
Fern Sori: Superficial Position (Comma Indusium) Athyrium
Fern Sori: Superficial Position (Reniform Indusium) Dryopteris
Fern Sori: Superficial Position (Strap-Shaped/Filiform Indusium)
Fern Sori: Superficial (Peltate Indusium) Phanerophlebia
Fern Sori: Superficial (Ex-Indusiate)
Psilophyton (Early to Late Devonian)