TY -JOUR
AU -En Liu
AU -Ho-Yih Liu
AU -Yea-Chen Liu
TI -Spore SEM studies on the genus Polystichum, Dryopteridaceae (Polypodiale, Pteridophyta)
PY -2024
DA -2024-05-16
JO -Taiwania
VL -69
IS -2
SP -185
EP -206
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1994
AB -Palynological data is helpful at all levels of the taxonomic hierarchy. Therefore, we used SEM to examine spores of all Taiwan Polystichum species. The spore ornamentation types are almost consistent with the most recent classification hypothesis and can differentiate subgenera, sections, and species. Except for a few cases, each current species has one ornamentation type, and different species have different spore morphology. Development variation and cryptic species are possibilities for those species with more than one ornamentation type.
DO -10.6165/tai.2024.69.185