Research Paper
The use of stipe characters in fern taxonomy II
Bai-Ling Lin, Charles E. DeVol
Published on: March 1978
Page: 77 - 95
DOI: 10.6165/tai.1978.23.77
Abstract
Based on the study of Taiwan ferns, both the external and microscopic characters of fern stipes are described and discussed. Family and genus concepts are also considered in the sense of the vascular structures which include the number and shape of bundles, and the configuration of xylem strands in the stipe.