Apogamy, Apospory, Somatic Embryogenesis, and Vegetative Propagation in Ferns: A Review

Johnson, M; Fernández, Helena; Thangaiah, Shibila

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“…This is partly due to increasing evidence of climate change and the need to determine to what extent, if any, climate change may have on fern adaptability, distribution, and survival (Anderson, in press;Mehltreter and McAdam, 2022;Sharpe, 2019). Given the changing characteristics of the environment, there is also interest in better understanding the role of ferns, and other plant groups, as environmental indicator species (Carignan and Villard, 2002;Marimuthu et al, 2022); that is, evidence of how the particular adaptive qualities of a fern species, that make it successful in a particular environment, may be used to characterize or categorize different environments where the fern species are growing. For example, Higa et al (2013) examined the predictive capacity of three fern species: Matteucia struthiopteris (L.) Tod., Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, and Osmunda japonica Thunb.…”

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Photophysiology, dark respiration and leaf desiccation resilience of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

2023

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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Adiantum capillus-veneris is a cosmopolitan, globally distributed terrestrial fern in warm temperate to tropical regions. It is also widely cultivated in indoor and outdoor settings. The natural habitat of A. capillus-veneris includes limestone rocky places with consistent sources of water, including shady alkaline, moist cliffs and on vertical surfaces in moist forested locations, preferably with calcareous soils; however, it is also found on sandstone. There is increasing evidence that it is relatively tolerant of desiccation stress, under appropriate environmental circumstances. This is a report of a laboratorybased study of the photophysiology of A. capillus-veneris, including an analysis of the effects of leaf excision and varied degrees of desiccation on leaf resilience and physiological properties, with comparisons to Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott and Adiantum tibeticum Ching. Evidence is also presented on the rate of excised leaf desiccation in relation to the role of humidity in mitigating stress due to limited access to moisture. The ecophysiologial variables examined include: Variations in photosynthesis rate relative to light intensity, dark respiration rate, leaf parameters including chlorophyll concentration index (CCI), specific leaf area (SLA), and leaf fluorescence evidence for functioning of photosystem II (PS II).

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Photophysiology, dark respiration and leaf desiccation resilience of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

2023

J. Ecol. Nat. Environ.

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Apogamy, Apospory, Somatic Embryogenesis, and Vegetative Propagation in Ferns: A Review

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Photophysiology, dark respiration and leaf desiccation resilience of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Photophysiology, dark respiration and leaf desiccation resilience of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

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