A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, Vol. XV, Part A: Ferns and Fern-Allies

by Shaffer-Fehre,Monika

• ISBN13: 9781578083848
• ISBN10: 1578083842
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-07
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Although ferns were not included in Trimen?s original five-volume ?A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon?, they form a significant part of the vascular flora of the island. A good deal of fern research was carried out contemporaneously to, but independently of Trimen?s work. Publications, though, were widely scattered throughout the literature or constituted major works in their own right, i.e. that of R.H. Beddome 1863-1883. Therefore, an additional volume, in the new work ?A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon?, was published in order to provide an accessible taxonomic base for studies on this element of Sri Lankan vegetation.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD	v
ACKLEDGEMENTS	vii
INTRODUCTION by M. Shaffer-Fehre and P.J. Edwards	xi
KEY to the FERNS and FERN-ALLIES of SRI LANKA by P.J. Edwards	xxi
PART A
1. ASPLENIACEAE by D.Philcox	1	(35)
2. AZOLLACEAE by Jennifer M. Ide	36	(4)
3. BLECHNACEAE by P. Jayasekara	40	(8)
4. CYATHEACEAE by D. Philcox	48	(8)
5. DAVALLIACEAE by H.P. Nooteboom	56	(11)
6. DENNSTAEDTIACEAE by M.J. Zink	67	(33)
7. DRYOPTERIDACEAE by C.R. Fraser-Jenkins and M.J. Zink	100	(56)
8. EQUISETACEAE by B. Wadhwa	156	(15)
9. GLEICIIENIACEAE by Monika Shaffer-Fehre	171	(2)
10. GRAMMITIDACEAE by B.S. Parris	173	(3)
11. MENOPHYLLACEAE by P. Jayasekara	176	(38)
12. ISOETACEAE by B. Wadhwa	214	(22)
13. LOMARIOPSIDACEAE by M.J. Zink	236	(2)
14. LOXOGRAMMACEAE by M.G. Price	238	(11)
15. LYCOPODIACEAE by D. Philcox	249	(5)
16. MARATTIACEAE by D.M.U.B. Dhanasekara	254	(17)
17. MARATTIACEAE by Jennifer M. Ide	271	(4)
18. OLEANDRACEAE by B. Verdcourt	275	(9)
19. OPHIOGLOSSACEAE by D. Philcox	284	(11)
20. OSMUNDACEAE by P. Jayasekara	295	(10)
21. PARKERIACAE by B. Wadhwa	305	(3)
22. POLYPODIACEAE by P.H. Hovenkamp	308	(3)
PART B
23. PSILOTACEAE by B. Wadhwa	311	(38)
24. PTERIDACEAE by C.R. Fraser-Jenkins, B. Verdcourt and T.G. Walker	349	(3)
25. SALVINIACEAE by Jennifer M. Ide	352	(76)
26. SCHIZAEACEAE by D. Philcox	428	(5)
27. SELAGINELLACEAE by D. Philcox	433	(7)
28. THELYPTERIDACEAE by Monika Shaffer-Fehre	440	(15)
29. VITTARIACEAE by Monika Shaffer-Fehre	455	(66)
30. WOODSIACEAE by M.J. Zink	521	(56)
New Names published in this Volume	577	(1)
List of endemic species	578	(2)
Selective Glossary of Terms	580	(11)
Index to Scientific Names	591