Abstract
Chromosome studies of pteridophytes had their major impetus in the work of Irene Manton (1) who was the first to show the far-reaching significance of Polyploidy in these plants. Her work was followed not only by numerous investigations by her own students at the University of Leeds but by researchers in many parts of the world, including especially India, Japan, New Zealand, Costa Rica, United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, and Hungary. Two major works have appeared in the past couple of years, namely the very thorough analysis of “Evolutionary Patterns and Processes in Ferns” by J.D. Lovis (2) and “A Cytotaxonomical Atlas of the Pteridophyta” by Á Löve, D. Löve, and R.E.G. Pichi-Sermolli (3,4).
Paper prepared under National Science Grant INT78-19909. We acknowledge the aid of Craig A. Ludwig in writing the manuscript and Luis Diego Gómez P. for his contributions to our studies of Polyploidy.
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Wagner, W.H., Wagner, F.S. (1980). Polyploidy in Pteridophytes. In: Lewis, W.H. (eds) Polyploidy. Basic Life Sciences, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3069-1_11
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