Allozymic comparisons of 69 populations of the six North American diploid species of Polystichum resulted in new hypotheses of interspecific relationships in this poorly understood species complex.

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A taxonomic history for the fern genus Polystichum in Latin America and an analysis of the important characters at the species level in the ...

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