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Pteropsida Flashcards

1
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What is the common name for Pteropsida?

A

Ferns

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What groups are the Pteropsida divided into?

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Eusporangium

Leptosporangium

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What groups are within the Eusporangia?

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Moonworts
Whisk ferns
Horsetails
Marattiales

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What Leptosporangiate ferns are native to the UK?

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Osmundaceae
Hymenophyllaceae
Polypodiales

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What features define the Horsetails (Equisetaceae)?

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Jointed stems
Whorled branches
Leaves highly reduced
Sporangia in rings around central axis to make cone
Spores have elaters for dispersal
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Describe the feautures of Leptosporangiate ferns.

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Frond is aerial part of fern, divided into blade and stipe
Lower part of fern is rhizome
Cicinate venation - coiled into crosiers
Sorus - aggregation of sporangia, usually on underside of frond, indusium - flap like covering

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Describe the Sporangium of Leptosporangiate ferns.

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Sporangium wall 1 cell thick
Composed of annulus and stalk
Dispersal acts like spring - drying causes spine to reflex, further drying causes snap back into position

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What is the common name for Osmundaceae?

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Royal ferns

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Describe the Osmundaceae.

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Fronds heteromorphic

2 pinnate

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What is the common name of the Hymenophyllaceae?

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Filmy ferns

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Describe the Hymenophyllaceae.

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Fronds translucent

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What are the UK native families of Polypodiales?

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Dennstaedtiaceae - Pteridium (sori submarginal, linear, frond margin recurved)
Pteridaceae - Cryptogramma, Anogramma, Adiantum
Aspleniineae: frond with 2 vascular bundles
Cystopteridaceae
Aspleniaceae - sori linear
Woodsiaceae
Blechnaceae - Fronds heteromorphic
Athyriaceae - sori J shaped
Thelypteridaceae
Polypodiineae: frond with vascular bundles in U shaped arch
Dryopteridaceae - stems scaly, indusium present
Polypodiaceae - sori circular/oblong, no indusium

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Describe the Dennstaedtiaceae (bracken).

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Frond 3 pinnate
Sori submarginal
No indusium
Margin recurved

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Describe the Blechnaceae (hard fern).

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Fronds heteromorphic

1 pinnate/ pinnatifid

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Describe the Dryopteridaceae.

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Fronds 1-3 pinnate
Scaly at least at base
Sori near midvein, shield or kidney shaped
Indusium present

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Describe the Polypodiaceae.

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1 pinnate/pinnatifid
Sori near midvein, (sub)circular
No indusium

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