Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2013, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (2): 119-137.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1259.2013.00119

Special Issue: 创刊30年特邀综述 (2013年48卷)

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Phylogeny and Classification of the Extant Lycophytes and Ferns from China

Xianchun Zhang1*, Ran Wei1, Hongmei Liu2, Lijuan He1, Li Wang1, Gangmin Zhang3   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;

    2Key Laboratory of Southern Subtropical Plant Diversity, Shenzhen 518004, China;

    3College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2013-02-22 Revised:2013-03-06 Online:2013-03-01 Published:2013-04-07
  • Contact: Xianchun Zhang

Abstract: Lycophytes and ferns are spore-bearing vascular plants, and are important groups in the evolution history of land plants. With the progress of molecular systematic, the relationships of the major groups have been resolved, and the traditional concepts have been revised. Meanwhile, new systematic arrangements have been proposed and are continuously being revised and updated. In the present review, the most recent phylogenetic studies were discussed and a new classification system of the extant lycophytes and ferns from China was also proposed. The system comprises five subclasses, 14 orders, 39 families with 12 subfamilies, and about 140 genera of lycophytes and ferns distributed in China.