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A taxonomic and molecular survey of the pteridophytes of the Nectandra Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica by Nitta, Joel H, Ebihara, Atsushi, Smith, Alan R

“…Floristic surveys are crucial to the conservation of biodiversity, but the vast majority of such surveys are limited to listing species names, and few take…”
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Towards a phylogenetic generic classification of Thelypteridaceae: Additional sampling suggests alterations of neotropical taxa and further study of paleotropical genera by Almeida, Thaís Elias, Hennequin, Sabine, Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R., Batista, João Aguiar Nogueira, Ramalho, Aline Joseph, Proite, Karina, Salino, Alexandre

“…[Display omitted] •Thelypteridaceae and its main lineages (phegopteroid, thelypteroid, cyclosoroid, and amauropeltoid) are monophyletic.•Neotropical segregates…”
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Artificial fingerprints for cross-comparison of forensic DNA and protein recovery methods by LeSassier, Danielle S, Schulte, Kathleen Q, Manley, Tara E, Smith, Alan R, Powals, Megan L, Albright, Nicolette C, Ludolph, Benjamin C, Weber, Katharina L, Woerner, August E, Gardner, Myles W, Hewitt, F Curtis

“…Quantitative genomic and proteomic evaluation of human latent fingerprint depositions represents a challenge within the forensic field, due to the high…”
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Neo- and Paleopolyploidy contribute to the species diversity of Asplenium the most species-rich genus of ferns by Schneider, Harald, Liu, Hong‐Mei, Chang, Yan‐Fen, Ohlsen, Daniel, Perrie, Leon R., Shepherd, Lara, Kessler, Michael, Karger, Dirk N., Hennequin, Sabine, Marquardt, Jeannine, Russell, Stephen, Ansell, Stephen, Lu, Ngan Thi, Kamau, Peris, Lóriga, Josmaily, Regalado, Ledis, Heinrichs, Jochen, Ebihara, Atsushi, Smith, Alan R., Gibby, Mary

“…Abstract Polyploidy is widely considered as a major process in the evolution of plants but the accumulation of polyploid species diversity is still…”
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Horsetails and ferns are a monophyletic group and the closest living relatives to seed plants by Schneider, Harald, Sipes, Sedonia D, Wolf, Paul G, Hunt, Jeffrey S, Pryer, Kathleen M, Smith, Alan R, Cranfill, Raymond

“…Most of the 470-million-year history of plants on land belongs to bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms, which eventually yielded to the ecological…”
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Unraveling the phylogeny of polygrammoid ferns (Polypodiaceae and Grammitidaceae): exploring aspects of the diversification of epiphytic plants by Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R., Cranfill, Raymond, Hildebrand, Terri J., Haufler, Christopher H., Ranker, Tom A.

“…We explore the phylogeny of the polygrammoid ferns using nucleotide sequences derived from three plastid loci for each of 98 selected species. Our analyses…”
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Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of extant Horsetails, Equisetum, based on chloroplast DNA sequence data (rbcL and trnL-F) by Des Marais, D.L, Smith, A.R, Britton, D.M, Pryer, K.M

“…Equisetumis a small and morphologically distinct genus with a rich fossil record. Two subgenera have been recognized based principally on stomatal position and…”
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A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns by Schuettpelz, Eric, Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R, Hovenkamp, Peter, Prado, Jefferson, Rouhan, Germinal, Salino, Alexandre, Sundue, Michael, Is, Tha, Almeida, Elias, Parris, Barbara, Sessa, Emily B, Field, Ashley R, Is de Gasper, Lu, Rothfels, Carl J, Windham, Michael D, Lehnert, Marcus, Dauphin, Benjamin, Ebihara, Atsushi, Lehtonen, Samuli, Bond Schwartsburd, Pedro, Metzgar, Jordan, Zhang, Li-Bing, Kuo, Li-Yaung, Brownsey, Patrick J, Kato, Masahiro, Arana, Marcelo Daniel, Assis, Francine C, Barker, Michael S, Barrington, David S, Chang, Ho-Ming, Chang, Yi-Han, Chao, Yi-Shan, Chen, Cheng-Wei, Chen, De-Kui, Chiou, Wen-Liang, Icius, Vin, de Oliveira Dittrich, Antonio, Duan, Yi-Fan, Dubuisson, Jean-Yves, Farrar, Donald R, Fawcett, Susan, Mar Ia Gabriel y Gal An, Jose, Luiz, Armando, Oes-Neto, G, Grant, Jason R, Grusz, Amanda L, Haufler, Christopher, Hauk, Warren, He, Hai, Hennequin, Sabine, Hirai, Regina Yoshie, Huiet, Layne, Kessler, Michael, Korall, Petra, Labiak, Paulo H, Larsson, Anders, Le On, Blanca, Li, Chun-Xiang, Li, Fay-Wei, Link-P Erez, Melanie, Liu, Hong-Mei, Lu, Ngan Thi, Meza-Torres, Esteban I, Miao, Xin-Yuan, Moran, Robbin, Mynssen, Claudine Massi, Nagalingum, Nathalie, Øllgaard, Benjamin, Paul, Alison M, De, Jovani B, Pereira, S, Perrie, Leon R, Ponce, Onica, Ranker, Tom A, Schulz, Christian, Shinohara, Wataru, Shmakov, Alexander, Sigel, Erin M, Soares de Souza, Filipe, Da, Lana, Sylvestre, Silva, Testo, Weston, Luz, Amparo, Tsutsumi, Chie, Tuomisto, Hanna, Valdespino, Iv an A, Vasco, Alejandra, Stauffer Viveros, Raquel, Weakley, Alan, Wei, Ran, Weststrand, Stina, Wolf, Paul G, Yatskievych, George, Xu, Xiao-Gang, Yan, Yue-Hong, Zhang, Liang, Zhang, Xian-Chun, Zhou, Xin-Mao

“…Phylogeny has long informed pteridophyte classification. As our ability to infer evolutionary trees has improved, classifications aimed at recognizing natural…”
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A Classification for Extant Ferns by Smith, Alan R., Pryer, Kathleen M., Schuettpelz, Eric, Korall, Petra, Schneider, Harald, Wolf, Paul G.

“…We present a revised classification for extant ferns, with emphasis on ordinal and familial ranks, and a synopsis of included genera. Our classification…”
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A New Species of Microgramma (Polypodiaceae) from Brazil and Recircumscription of the Genus Based on Phylogenetic Evidence by Salino, Alexandre, Almeida, Thais Elias, Smith, Alan R, Gómez, Adrianna Navarro, Kreier, Hans-Peter, Schneider, Harald

“…We describe a new species of Microgramma (M. microsoroides) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, present a phylogeny of Microgramma, and provide a new generic…”
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Two new species of Goniopteris (Thelypteridaceae) from Ecuador and Peru by Fawcett, Susan, Moran, Robbin C., Smith, Alan R.

“…Two new species of Goniopteris are described from Ecuador and Peru: G. deltata and G. yanachagae . Both are illustrated and compared with similar species…”
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A new specimen-based checklist of ferns and lycophytes from Rotuma (Fiji) by Game, John C., Pene, Sarah, Smith, Alan R.

“…The island of Rotuma lies about 580 km north of the main archipelago of Fiji, and while politically part of that country, it differs culturally and…”
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Global phylogeny and biogeography of grammitid ferns (Polypodiaceae) by Sundue, Michael A., Parris, Barbara S., Ranker, Tom A., Smith, Alan R., Fujimoto, Erin L., Zamora-Crosby, Delia, Morden, Clifford W., Chiou, Wen-Liang, Chen, Cheng-Wei, Rouhan, Germinal, Hirai, Regina Y., Prado, Jefferson

“…[Display omitted] •We examined historical biogeography of grammitid ferns.•The grammitid clade arose among Neotropical polypod ancestors about…”
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Molecular phylogeny of the fern family Blechnaceae (Polypodiales) with a revised genus‐level treatment by Gasper, André L., Almeida, Thaís E., Dittrich, Vinícius A. de O., Smith, Alan R., Salino, Alexandre

“…Blechnaceae, a leptosporangiate fern family nested within eupolypods II, comprises 200–250 species, typically divided among seven to nine genera. Despite…”
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rbcL data reveal two monophyletic groups of filmy ferns (Filicopsida: Hymenophyllaceae) by Pryer, Kathleen M, Smith, Alan R, Hunt, Jeffrey S, Dubuisson, Jean-Yves

“…The "filmy fern" family, Hymenophyllaceae, is traditionally partitioned into two principal genera, Trichomanes s.l. (sensu lato) and Hymenophyllum s.l., based…”
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Trace explosives sampling for security applications (TESSA) study: Evaluation of procedures and methodology for contact sampling efficiency by Novosselov, Igor V., Coultas-McKenney, Caralyn A., Miroshnik, Leonid, Kottapalli, Kalyan, Ockerman, Byron, Manley, Tara E., Gardner, Myles W., Lareau, Richard, Brady, John, Sweat, Melissa, Smith, Alan R., Hargather, Michael J., Beaudoin, Stephen

“…The detection of trace amounts of explosive materials is critical to the security at mass transit centers (e.g., airports and railway stations). In a typical…”
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A global plastid phylogeny of the fern genus Asplenium (Aspleniaceae) by Xu, Ke‐Wang, Zhang, Liang, Rothfels, Carl J., Smith, Alan R., Viane, Ronald, Lorence, David, Wood, Kenneth R., Chen, Cheng‐Wei, Knapp, Ralf, Zhou, Lin, Lu, Ngan Thi, Zhou, Xin‐Mao, Wei, Hong‐Jin, Fan, Qiang, Chen, Su‐Fang, Cicuzza, Daniele, Gao, Xin‐Fen, Liao, Wen‐Bo, Zhang, Li‐Bing

“…The infrageneric relationships and taxonomy of the largest fern genus, Asplenium (Aspleniaceae), have remained poorly understood. Previous studies have focused…”
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Pteridophytes of Mo'orea, French Polynesia: Additional New Records by Nitta, Joel H., Meyer, Jean-Yves, Smith, Alan R.

“…The ferns and lycophytes of Mo'orea, French Polynesia were surveyed as part of the Mo'orea Biocode Project during September 12–13, 2006, September 6–27, 2008,…”
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Phytogeographic Relationships between Neotropical and African-Madagascan Pteridophytes by Moran, Robbin C., Smith, Alan R.

“…The purpose of this study is to determine the floristic affinities of pteridophytes between the Neotropics and Africa-Madagascar and examine how these…”
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Phylogeny and evolution of ferns (monilophytes) with a focus on the early leptosporangiate divergences by Pryer, Kathleen M, Schuettpelz, Eric, Wolf, Paul G, Schneider, Harald, Smith, Alan R, Cranfill, Raymond

“…The phylogenetic structure of ferns (= monilophytes) is explored here, with a special focus on the early divergences among leptosporangiate lineages. Despite…”
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