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Fern Taxonomy

Fern Taxonomy is the scientific classification of pteridophytic plants within the division Pteridophyta, specifically concerned with the hierarchical ordering, naming, and identification of fern species according to their morphological, genetic, and evolutionary relationships.

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A community‐derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns

Journal of Systematics and Evolution · 2016 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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A classification for extant ferns

Alan Р. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz et al. · Taxon · 2006 · 1.6K citations

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A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns

David B. Lellinger, J. C. Willis, H. K. Airy Shaw · American Fern Journal · 1968 · 884 citations · Full text

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Diversity and Biogeography of Neotropical Vascular Epiphytes

Alwyn H. Gentry, Calaway H. Dodson · Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden · 1987 · 788 citations

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Ferns and Allied Plants with Special Reference to Tropical America

R. E. Holttum, R. M. Tryon, Alice F. Tryon · Kew Bulletin · 1984 · 774 citations

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  1. AР
    Alan Р. Smith

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    38 publications · 4.8K citations

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  2. HS
    Harald Schneider

    Natural History Museum, United Kingdom

    37 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. RC
    Robbin C. Moran

    New York Botanical Garden, United States

    30 publications · 1.1K citations

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    Kathleen M. Pryer

    Duke University, United States

    21 publications · 3.4K citations

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  5. DB
    David B. Lellinger

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    27 publications · 1.8K citations

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731

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    26 h-index

    218 publications

    5.9K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    20 h-index

    40 publications

    4.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    66 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Missouri Botanical Garden

    St Louis, United States

    20 h-index

    78 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Institute of Botany

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    64 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    1K citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    16 h-index

    46 publications

    7.9K citations

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  1. American Fern Journal

    133 publications · 5K citations

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  2. Taxon

    53 publications · 4.2K citations

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  3. American Journal of Botany

    67 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

    49 publications · 2K citations

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  5. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    29 publications · 1.9K citations

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