1-11 Pteridaceae, maidenhair fern family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Keywords:

Pteridophyte, native ferns, rare fern, maidenhair fern, rock-brake, species-at-risk, Cryptogramma, Adiantum, cliff-brake

Abstract

Elsewhere 40 genera belong to this family; Nova Scotia has only 2 genera, each with a single representative species. Sterile fronds are branched or unbranched. Stipes bear persistent scales at the bases. Sporangia are clustered in sori, arranged at the margins of pinnae and sometimes covered by the inrolling of the margins. David Mazerolle and Sean Blaney donated image use.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Director; Adjunct Professor.