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

by Shaffer-Fehre,Monika

• ISBN13: 9781578084104
• ISBN10: 1578084105
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-11
• 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
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	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
2. AZOLLACEAE by Jennifer M. Ide	36
3. BLECHNACEAE by P. Jayasekara	40
4. CYATHEACEAE by D. Philcox	48
5. DAVALLIACEAE by H. P. Nooteboom	56
6. DENNSTAEDTIACEAE by M.J. Zink	67
7. DRYOPTERIDACEAE by C.R. Fraser-Jenkins and M.J. Zink	100
8. EQUISETACEAE by B. Wadhwa	156
9. GLEICHENIACEAE by Monika Shaffer-Fehre	171
10. GRAMMITIDACEAE by B.S. Parris	173
11. HYMENOPHYLLACEAE by P. Jayasekara	176
12. ISOETACEAE by B. Wadhwa	214
13. LOMARIOPSIDACEAE by M.J. Zink	236
14. LOXOGRAMMACEAE by M.G. Price	238
15. LYCOPODIACEAE by D. Philcox	249
16. MARATTIACEAE by D.M.U.B. Dhanasekara	254
17. MARSILEACEAE by Jennifer M. Ide	271
18. OLEANDRACEAE by B. Verdcourt	275
19. OPHIOGLOSSACEAE by D. Philcox	284
20. OSMUNDACEAE by P. Jayasekara	295
21. PARKERIACAE by B. Wadhwa	305
22. POLYPODIACEAE by P.H. Hovenkamp	308
PART B
23. PSILOTACEAE by B. Wadhwa	311
24. PTERIDACEAE by C.R. Fraser-Jenkins, B. Verdcourt and T.G. Walker	349
25. SALVINIACEAE by Jennifer M. Ide	352
26. SCHIZAEACEAE by D. Philcox	428
27. SELAGINELLACEAE by D. Philcox	433
28. THELYPIERIDACEAE by Monika Shaffer-Fehre	440
29. VITARIACEAE by Monika Shaffer-Fehre	455
30. WOODSIACEAE by M.J. Zink	521
New Names published in this Volume	577
List of endemic species	578
Selective Glossary of Terms	580
Index to Scientific Names	591