Ecological anatomy of ferns fronds

  • Nina M. Derzhavina Department of Botany, Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants, Orel State University, 95 Komsomolskaya str., Orel 302015, Russia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.161018

Abstract

Structural types of frond anatomy are distinguished on the basis of investigation of 30 species of homosporous ferns and with regard for literature: hydromorphic, hygromorphic, mesomorphic, subxeromorphic, and subsucculent (cryptic succulent). Following frond traits are of highest adaptive value: their area and thickness, type of mesophyll, dry weight of an area unit – specific superficial density, cellular volume, and number of cells per unit of frond area.

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Fig. 1. Structural types of frond anatomy: I – hydromorphic; II – hygromorphic; III – mesomorphic; IV – subxeromorphic; V – subsucculent. 1 – Ceratopteris cornuta; 2 – Ceratopteris thalictroides; 3 – Crepidomanes latealatum; 4 – Adiantum capillus-veneris; 5 – Polypodium vulgare; 6 – Polypodium australe; 7 – Phyllitis scolopendrium; 8 – Microgramma piloselloides; 9 – Ceterach officinarum; 10 – Pyrrosia petiolosa; 11 – Lepisorus thunbergianus; 12 – Aleuritopteris argentea; 13 – Microsorium punctatum; 14 – Lemmaphyllum microphyllum; 15 – Platycerium willinckii; 16 – Pyrrosia longifolia. Scale: 0.01 mm.
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2014-04-01
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DERZHAVINA, Nina M.. Ecological anatomy of ferns fronds. Modern Phytomorphology, [S.l.], v. 5, p. 143-150, apr. 2014. ISSN 2227-9555. Available at: <http://ojs.phytomorphology.org/index.php/MP/article/view/206>. Date accessed: 11 apr. 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.161018.
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