Why are there so few species of ferns?. (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ranker, Tom A.; Sundue, Michael A.
• Is Part Of: Trends in plant science. Volume 20:Number 7(2015)
• Page Start: 402
• Page End: 403
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Botany -- Periodicals; Botanique -- Périodiques; Botany; Periodicals; 580.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.05.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1360-1385

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author" id="abs0005"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <p id="spar0005">A recent study has documented a natural hybridization event between two fern lineages that last shared a common ancestor about 60 million years ago. This is one of the deepest hybridization events ever described and has important implications for plant speciation theory.</p> </sec> </abstract>