Pteridology in the New Millennium: NBRI Golden Jubilee Volume

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Professor Bala Krishnan Nayar: A Biographical Sketch....Pages 1-10
The Pteridology Laboratory, N.B.R.I., Lucknow (India)....Pages 11-13
Taxonomy and Biogeography of Indian Pteridophytes....Pages 15-24
Phylogenetics, Biogeography, and Classification of the Woodwardioid Ferns (Blechnaceae)....Pages 25-48
Review of the Family Woodsiaceae (Diels) Herter of Eurasia....Pages 49-64
An Introduction to the Pteridophytes of Hainan Island, South China....Pages 65-71
Notes on New or Interesting Asplenium Species from Western Asia, Including Comments on Ching & Wu (1985), and Fraser-Jenkins (1992) Reliquiae Reichsteinianae 1....Pages 73-105
Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Aspleniaceae in Brazil....Pages 107-120
Two New Species of Cyathea from Northeastern India....Pages 121-132
Distributional Study of the Genus Cyrtomium C. Presl (Dryopteridaceae)....Pages 133-141
Taxonomic Studies on the Family Sinopteridaceae and the Genus Ctenitopsis (Tectariaceae) from Hainan Island, China....Pages 143-151
Valuable and Noteworthy Chinese Fern Specimens Preserved at the Herbarium of Singapore Botanic Gardens (Sing)....Pages 153-164
Pteridophytic Flora of Northern Part of Bihar (India) Adjacent to Indo-Nepal Border....Pages 165-175
Studies on the Chinese Selaginellaceae-V: Observations on the Foliar Epidermis of Selaginella beauv. From Hainan Island in China....Pages 177-184
Morphological Observations on the Co-Occurring Geophytes Isoëtes Duriei Bory (Lycophyta, Isoëtaceae) and Romulea Columnae Sebast. Et Mauri (Anthophyta, Iridaceae)....Pages 185-189
Cytomorphological Studies on Some Indian Population of Isoëtes Coromandelina L. f.....Pages 191-203
Studies on the Morpho — Taxonomy of Indian Vittarioid Ferns....Pages 205-215
Morphological and Cytological Variations of Japanese Dryopteris Varia Group (Dryopteridaceae)....Pages 217-231
Environmentally Related Demography: Field Studies on Isoëtes Lacustris L. (Lycophyta, Isoëtaceae) in Europe....Pages 233-260
The Vertical Distributions of Live and Dead Fern Spores in the Soil of a Semi-Natural Woodland in Southeast Scotland and Their Implications for Spore Movement in the Formation of Soil Spore Banks....Pages 261-282
Species Richness of Pteridophytes in Natural Versus Man-Made Lowland Forests in Malaysia and Singapore....Pages 283-298
The Taxonomy and Ecology of the Pteridophytes of Mt. Iraya and Vicinity, Batan Island, Batanes Province, Northern Philippines....Pages 299-325
Some Aspects of the Fern Flora (Filicopsida) of the Netherlands....Pages 327-340
Demographic Studies of Homosporous Fern Populations in South Siberia....Pages 341-364
Eco-Morphological Characteristics of Pyrrosia Petiolosa (Christ et Baroni) Ching (Polypodiaceae) in the Primorye Territory, in Far-Eastern Russia....Pages 365-374
Herbivory on Three Tropical Fern Species of a Mexican Cloud Forest....Pages 375-381
Animal Interaction with Pteridophytes with Emphasis on Indian Records....Pages 383-395
Tolerance of Heavy Metals in Vascular Plants: Arsenic Hyperaccumulation by Chinese Brake Fern ( Pteris Vittata L.)....Pages 397-420
Economically Viable Pteridophytes of India....Pages 421-446
Gametophyte Morphology and Breeding Systems in Ferns....Pages 447-454
Some Aspects of Reproductive Biology of the Gametophyte Generation of Homosporous Ferns....Pages 455-484
Mating Systems of Cyatheaceae Native to Taiwan....Pages 485-489
Plantlet Production of the Philippine Giant Staghorn Fern [ Platycerium Grande (Fee) C. Presl] Through Spore Culture....Pages 491-495
Micropropagation and Conservation of Rare and Endangered Ferns of the Southern Western Ghats Through in vitro Culture....Pages 497-504
Heterosporous Water Ferns from the Late Cretaceous to Neogene Periods of India....Pages 505-520