BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

PTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Phylum EQUISETOPSIDA (horsetails) 6 38 19 13 2 52
Phylum LYCOPODIOPSIDA (clubmosses and quillworts) 7          
Family ISOETACEAE (quillworts) 1       1  
Family LYCOPODIACEAE (a family of clubmosses) 5 27   6   8
Family SELAGINELLACEAE (a family of clubmosses) 1 5        
Phylum PTEROPSIDA (ferns) 46 270 126 71 24 298

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

BSBI News Journal
Watsonia Journal
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F., 1962 Flora of the British Isles
Clement, E.J., Smith, D.P.J. & Thirlwell, I.R., 2005 Illustrations of Alien Plants of the British Isles
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A., 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe
Frey, W. Frahm, J.-P., Fischer, E. & Lobin, W., 2006 The Liverworts, Mosses and Ferns of Europe
Jahns, H.M., 1980 (Most British species illustrated) Ferns, Mossses and Lichens of Britain , Northern & Central Europe
Jermy, C & Camus, J., 1991 The Illustrated Field Guide to ferns and Allied Plants of the British Isles
Flora of Northern Ireland: http://www.habitas.org.uk/flora/index.html Web Site/Page
Punt, W., Blackmore, S., Hoen, P. & Stafford, P. Book/Report
http://www.bsbi.org.uk/html/plant_crib.html Web link
Rich, T.C.G. & Jermy, C., 1998 Plant Crib 1998
Rich, T.C.G. & M.D.B., Perring, F.H., 1988 Plant Crib
Rose, F., 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)
Stace, C., 1999 Field Flora of the British Isles
Wiggington, M.J. & Graham, G.G., 1981 Guide to the Identification of some of the more Difficult Vascular Plant Species

General Works

Pearman, D.A., Preston, C.D. & Dines, T.D., 2002 The New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
Preston, C.D., Pearman, D.A. & Dines, T.D. (eds), 2002 New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

PTERIDOPHYTA may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)

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