Fern and Epiphyte Biology

GLOBAL BIOGEOGRAPHY AND EVOLUTIONARY DRIVERS OF FERNS WITH CHLOROPHYLLOUS SPORES

This study examines the global biogeography of ferns with chlorophyllous spores, finding that their distribution is influenced by both environmental factors and phylogenetic clustering.

The genome of the vining fern Lygodium microphyllum highlights genomic and functional differences between life phases of an invasive plant

This study provides a genome and epigenomic analysis of the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum, revealing differences between its gametophyte and sporophyte life phases and their responses to freezing stress.

Spore morphology and evolution in Isoetes (Isoetales)

The paper analyzes megaspore morphology in 59 Isoetes species to infer evolutionary relationships and calibrate divergence times using a fossil species.

The nitrogen-fixing fern Azolla has a complex microbiome characterized by multiple modes of transmission

The paper characterizes the microbiome of the nitrogen-fixing fern Azolla, revealing multiple endosymbionts with varying transmission modes and stages of symbiosis evolution.

A transcriptome for the early-branching fern Botrychium lunaria enables fine-grained resolution of population structure

The paper presents a transcriptome for Botrychium lunaria, revealing population structure and improving phylogenetic resolution in early-branching ferns.

The Unique Evolutionary Trajectory and Dynamic Conformations of DR and IR/DR-coexisting Plastomes of the Early Vascular Plant Selaginellaceae (Lycophyte)

This study sequenced and analyzed plastomes from seven Selaginellaceae species, revealing evolutionary patterns of direct repeats (DR) and inverted repeats (IR) structures and their implications for plastome dynamics and stability.