New York Metropolitan Flora

Family: Dryopteridaceae

By Science Staff

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 02/01/2013

List of Dryopteridaceae Genera

Matteuccia Onoclea Diplazium Deparia Polystichum Athyrium Gymnocarpium Woodsia Dryopteris Cystopteris

References to Dryopteridaceae

  • Belling, A. J. 1974. Spore morphology of the Polypodiaceae of northeastern North America. I. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 101: 326-339.
  • Benedict, R. C. 1909. The type and identity of Dryopteris clintoniana (D. C. Eaton) Dowell. Torreya 9: 133-140.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 1993. Flora of North America, Volume 2. Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Oxford University Press, New York. , 475 pages. (For review see Castanea 59(4):368-369. 1994.)
  • Greer, G. K.; McCarthy, B. C. 1999. Gametophytic plasticity among four species of ferns with contrasting ecological distributions. Int. J. Plant Sci. 160: 879-886.
  • Haufler, C. H.; Windham, M. D. 1991. New species of North American Cystopteris and Polypodium, with comments on their reticulate relationships.
  • Kelloff, C. L. 2005. The two taxa of the eastern North American lady fern, Athyrium filix-femina. Long Island Botanical Society Newsletter 15: 9, 11-14.
  • Lawrey, J. D. 1977. Trace metal accumulation by plant species from a coal strip-mining area in Ohio. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 368-375.
  • Little, D. P.; Barrington, D. S. 2003. Major evolutionary events in the origin and diversification of the fern genus Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 90: 508-514.
  • Liu, H. M. et.al. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the fern family Dryopteridaceae inferred from chloroplast rbcL and atpB genes. Int. J. Plant Sci. 168: 1311-1323.
  • Tessier, J. T. 2008. Leaf habit, phenology, and longevity of 11 forest understory plant species in Algonquin State Forest, northwest Connecticut, USA. Botany 86: 457-465.
  • Tessier, J. T.; Bornn, M. P. 2007. Old fronds serve as a vernal carbon source in the wintergreen fern Dryopteris intermedia (Aspleniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94: 25-28.
  • Von Aderkas, P. 1984. Economic history of the ostrich fern Matteuccia struthiopteris, the edible fiddlehead. Econ. Bot. 38: 14-23.
  • Wolf, F. T. 1958. Chlorophylls A and B in the Pteridophytes. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 85: 1-4.