PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
CALAMOPHYTA
horsetails
Class 1 ident. refs
EQUISETOPSIDA
a class of horsetails
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 		Class 5 subtaxa 153 images 2 ident. refs
FILICOPSIDA
leptosporangiate ferns
Class 1 subtaxa 7 ident. refs
POLYPODIOPSIDA
a class of ferns
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 		Class 46 subtaxa 676 images 38 ident. refs
PSILOTOPSIDA
a class of ferns
Class 2 subtaxa 19 images 1 ident. refs
OPHIOGLOSSALES
an order of ferns
Order 2 subtaxa 19 images 1 ident. refs
OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
adder’s tongues and moonworts
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 		Family 2 subtaxa 19 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Irish Wildflowers www.irishwildflowers.ie/
in the field() Blamey, M. & Fitter, R. & A. 2003 Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland Domino Guides, 482pp, A&C Black Publishers Ltd
Brightman, F.H. & Nicholson, B.E. 1966 The Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants The Oxford Books, 208pp, Oxford University Press
() Butcher, R.W. 1961 *** A New Illustrated British Flora (2 vols) ***(Superseded) 1016 & 1080pp, Leonard Hill
() Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. 1985 Flora of the British Isles 3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
() Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. 1968 *** Excursion of Flora of the British Isles ***(Superseded) Second edition edition, 586pp, Cambridge University Press
() Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. 1962 *** Flora of the British Isles ***(Superseded) Second Edition edition, 1269pp, Cambridge University Press
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A. 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guide, 256pp, HarperCollins
() Frey, W. Frahm, J.-P., Fischer, E. & Lobin, W. 2006 The Liverworts, Mosses and Ferns of Europe English, revised and edited by T.L. Blockeel edition, 512pp, Harley Books
() Hyde, H.A., Wade, A.E. & Harrison, S.G. 1969 Welsh Ferns, Clubmosses, Quillworts and Horsetails 5th edition, 178pp, National Museum of Wales
() Jahns, H.M. 1980 Ferns, Mossses and Lichens of Britain, Northern & Central Europe Collins Photo Guide, 272pp, Collins
() Jermy, C & Camus, J. 1991 The Illustrated Field Guide to ferns and Allied Plants of the British Isles 194pp, Natural History Museum Publications
National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland Flora of Northern Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/flora/index.html
() Page, C.N. 1997 The Ferns of Britain and Ireland 2nd edition edition, 447pp, Cambridge University Press
() Page, C.N. 1982 *** The Ferns of Britain and Ireland ***(Superseded) 447pp, Cambridge University Press
Phillips, R. 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 191pp, Pan Books
Rand, M. 2012 Ferns in Hampshire http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php
() Rich, T.C.G. & Jermy, C. 2012 Plant Crib 2012 Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
() Rich, T.C.G. & Jermy, C. 1998 *** Plant Crib 1998 ***(Superseded) 391pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
() Rich, T.C.G. & M.D.B. & Perring, F.H. 1988 *** Plant Crib ***(Superseded) 141pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
Rose, F. 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe 240pp, Viking
() Stace, C. 2019 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 4) Third edition edition, 1266pp, Cambridge University Press
() Stace, C. 2010 *** New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 3) ***(Superseded) Third edition edition, 1232pp, Cambridge University Press
() Stace, C. 1999 Field Flora of the British Isles 736pp, Cambridge University Press
() Stace, C. 1997 *** New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2) ***(Superseded) Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press
in the field Step, E. 1945 Wayside and Woodland Ferns Wayside and Woodland Series, New Edition, revised by A. Bruce Jackson edition, 144pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
() Wiggington, M.J. & Graham, G.G. 1981 *** Guide to the Identification of some of the more Difficult Vascular Plant Species ***(Superseded) England Field Unit: Occasional Paper 1, 157pp, Nature Conservancy Council

Drawings

Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Warburg, E.F. (Roles, S.J. del) 1957 Flora of the British Isles: Illustrations I-IV, 144+119+115+119pp, Cambridge University Press
in the field() Clement, E.J., Smith, D.P.J. & Thirlwell, I.R. 2005 Illustrations of Alien Plants of the British Isles 466pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
Fitch, W.H. & Smith, W.G. 1949 *** Illustrations of the British Flora ***(Superseded) 5th Revised Edition edition, 338pp, L. Reeve & Co. Ltd

Spores

Punt, W., Blackmore, S., Hoen, P. & Stafford, P. The Northwest European Pollen Flora Elsevier

PTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 472 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
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