Phylogenetics of Cystopteridaceae: Reticulation and Divergence in a Cosmopolitan Fern Family

<p>The fern family Cystopteridaceae has been a thorn in the side of fern phylogeneticists, on many levels. Until this thesis, its basic existence (as a deeply isolated clade) and composition were unrecognized, hypotheses as to the relationships of its constituents within the broader fern tree-...

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Main Author: Rothfels, Carl John Edward
Other Authors: Pryer, Kathleen M
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6112