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The ferns are an ancient lineage of plants, dating back to at least the Devonian. They include three living groups - Marattiales, Ophioglossales, and leptosporangiate ferns - as well as a couple of extinct groups.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu
Introduction to ferns from the Tree of Life project.
tolweb.org
Next to the flowering plants, the leptosporangiate ferns are the most diverse group of living land plants. Estimates place their diversity at about 12,000 species in around 300 genera. This page is part of the tree of life phylogeny project.
tolweb.org
Introduction to the systematics of the ferns, with family descriptions and images.
botit.botany.wisc.edu
Includes a description of the fern life cycle, list of families and genera, and links to images of selected representatives.
www.science.siu.edu
List of all families and genera, with numbers of species and ranges.
www.science.siu.edu
Searchable database.
midwales.com
Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland
Small images of 39 antique prints by Thomas Moore, 1855.
rare-prints.com
Ferns of Fern Forest and South Florida
Photographs and descriptions of the ferns of southern Florida.
fig.cox.miami.edu
A collection of images and information on ferns growing in the DC area.
members.aol.com
A site about ferns in southeastern Australia, their ecology, how to grow them, information on ferns in general, with numerous photographs.
www.home.aone.net.au
Information on the biology and cultivation of ferns; activities of the society including a spore exchange and publication of Fiddlehead Forum, American Fern Journal, and Pteridologia.
amerfernsoc.org
Checklist plus distribution data and links for each species.
scitec.uwichill.edu.bb
Photos and brief information indexed by common and scientific names.
www.ct-botanical-society.org
Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (Monilophytes)
Scientific paper from American Journal of Botany 2004 showing that Psilotophyta and Equisetophya are in the Monilophyte clade with the other ferns. (PDF)
www.pryerlab.net