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Reproductive Biology of Pteridophytes

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The pteridophytes were not necessarily the first vascular land plants (see Kenrick and Crane 1997). Linnaeus (1754) included them in the Class Cryptogamae (kruptos = hidden, gamos = marriage). Eichler (1883) regarded cryptogamae as a sub-division of the Plant Kingdom which included ‘Club mosses’, ‘Horse-tails’, and ‘ferns’. The pteridophytes occupy an intermediate position between the bryophytes and gymnosperms. Engler (1886) suggested the term ‘Embryophyta’ to include bryophytes, pteridophytes, and spermatophytes. Tippo (1942) considered ‘Tracheophyta’ to include pteridophytes and spermatophytes.

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Kumar, K. (2001). Reproductive Biology of Pteridophytes. In: Johri, B.M., Srivastava, P.S. (eds) Reproductive Biology of Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50133-3_9

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