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The Fern Gazette THE FERN GAZETTE INDEX VOLUME13 The Parts of Fern Gazette Volume 13 were published on the following dates and comprised the following pages: Date of Pages publication Part 1 29 August 1985 1-64 Part2 29 Se tember 1986 65-128 Part3 28 Ju hy 1987 129-192 Part4 15 October 1988 193-256 PartS 22 November 1989 257-320 Part 6 18 June 1990 321-360 Part 7 26 October 1990 361 - 396 Acknowledgements We are grateful to Dr Nan Raybould who did a wonderful job in preparing this manuscript. Final camera ready copy was produced by Dr Mary Gib by. 2 FERN GAZETfE-INDEX VOLUME 13 Acroph01us Anhropteris stipellatus 28,32 monocarpa 296,304,312 Acrostichum Aspidotis a/pestre 110 schimperi 308 aureum 97-102 Asp/enidictyum 53,54 danaeifo/ium 97-102 Asplenium speciosum 97 adiantum-nigrum 322,349, 391-394 Actiniopteris 314 aegeum 154, 163 dim01pha 307 aethiopicum 104,105,219,222 radiata 306 223,296,304 ADAMS,C.D. 266,276 aitchisonii 163 Adiantum 314 x a/temifolium 357 capillus-veneris 57,104,105,322 anceps 287,393 caudatum 28,31 anisophyllum 304 digitatum 219,222,223 xananense 349-355 edgewonhii 31 aureum 61 fi/iforme 110 x barrancense 133 incisum 309 birii 61 philippense 28,30,31,309 b/astophornm 104, 105 poiretii 219,222,223,309 boltonii 104, 105, 302, 312, raddianum 308 313 reniforme 342 bourgaei 154, 163,167 sinuosum 110 buettneri 308 subvolubile 219,221,222,223 bulbifernm 78,80,81,84 venustum 30,31 capense 58,61,62 Amauropelta castaneo-viride 59 bergiana 306,315 ce/tibericum 151-156 Amphineuron ceterach opulentum 104,107 ssp. bivalens 59 Anemia ssp. ceterach 53-63, 133 dentata 110 christii 104,105 g/areosa 110 xconfluens 349 pallida 110 corriatum 62 wightiana 110 creticum 143, 163 Anogramma cuneifolium 154,394 chaeropylla 341-348 daghestanicum 143-149, 163,166, leptophylla 120,341-348, 391 167 Antrophyum da/housiae 53-63 mannianum 104,107 dregianum 104,105,302,312 Apical dominance xdutanrei 349 Lycopodium annotinum 67,73-75 ebenoides 59 Apteropteris 80 eberlei 55 app/anata 79,81,82,84 ensiforme 28,29,30,32 Araiostegia erectum 303 clarkei 28, 29,32 exiguum 167 de/avayi 28,32 jissum 154 dareiformis 32 flabellifolium 79,80,84 pulchra 28,30,32 flaccidum 78,81,82,84 Anhromeris fontanum 133-141,143 himalayensis 28,29,30,32 foreziense 166 orienta/is 310 formosum 104,105,304 wallichiana 28,30,32 fragile 219,222,223 3 FERN GAZETIE VOLUME 13 - INDEX Asplenium ssp. inexpectans 354 xgeni-coalitum 53-63 ssp. maderense 285-287 gilpinae 104 ssp. pachyrachis 354 haughtonii 58,62 ssp. quadrivalens 55, 57, 78, 80,82, hybridum 349 84,133, 136,287, hypomelas 104 349,393 inaequilaterale 104,105 ssp. trichomanes 54, 154 indicum 29,32 unilatera/e 32,54,104, 106 xjacksonii 349 varians 30,32 jahandiezii 154,167 villosum 188 kongashanense 147 viride 154,163, 166, 167, kummerlei 349 245 laciniatum 27,30,32 volkensii 104, 106 lepidum 143,147,166,349 woodwardioideum 110 linckii 303 xinjangense 147 /obatum 302,312 Asp/enosorns 59 lucidum 188 Athyrium magnijicum 61 acrostichoides 28,29,32 majoricum 133-141 distentifolium 6 mannii 302,312 drepanopteiUm 30,32 megalura 302 jilix-femina 6,28, 32, 157-161 xmicrodon 349 foliosum 28,32 monanthes 104,105,303 japonicum 28 nesii 167 macdonnellii 28,29,32 nidus 92 macrocarpum 28,29,32 obscUIUm 104,105 nigripes 29,32 obovatum pectinatum 32,357 ssp. lanceolatum 342,349,394 scandicinum 104,106 onopteris 136,154,342,343, schimperi 307 391,393,394 setife1Um 28,32 xorellii 133 tenellum 32 petrarchae 133, 136-140 Australia phillipsia11um 58,62 Cyrlomium falcatum on pinnatijidum 59 coastal cliffs 42 pseudoauriculatum 303 pteridophytes of Tasmanian punjabense 53-63 rainforest 77-86 pumilum 306 Azolla quezellii 143-149 caroliniana 193,197, 317-319 x reichsteinii 133-141 jiliculoides 193-198,317-319 IUta-muraria 136,166, 322 mexicana 197,317-319 rntifolium 104, 105 microphylla 197, 317-319 sagittatum 349-354 nilotica 197, 317-319 sandenonii 295,302,312 pinna/a 193,197, 317-319 scolopendrium 277,322,325,327, IUbra 197, 317-319 349,350,352 Belvisia seelosii 151-156 spicata 104, 106 septentrionale 151,392,394 BENNERT, H.W. 122,133,329,391 sessilifolium 219,222,223 BERRIE,A. 291 x sollerense 133 BIR,S.S. 53 xspurium 188 Blechnum subdigitatum 147 attenuatum 104,303,312 tadei 163-168 chambenii 80,84 tem!stre 78,80,82,83,84 fluviatile 80,84 thecife1Um 296,303 giganteum 303 x ticinense 392-394 ivohibense 104 trichomanes 350,352, 353,391, minus 80,84 394 nudum 80,84 4 FERNGAZETTE VOLUME 13 - INDEX Blechnum Ceylon patersonii 81,82,84 pteridophyte collections penna-marina 79,80,82,84 of George Gardner 109-111 punctulatum 105 pteridophyte collections spicant 322,324,327 of FJ.Hutc hinson 169-172 tabu/are 303 Cheilanthes vulcanicum 80,84 albomarginata 30,31 wattsii 79,81,82,83,84 anceps 30,31 Blotiella dalhousiae 30,31 natalensis 104,106,303,312 farinosa 305,313 Bolbitis 40 guanchica 395 acrostichoides 104, 106 grise a 28,31 appendiculata 40 inaequalis 307,314 auriculata 104,106 maderensis 395 gemmifera 104, 106 monticola 110 Boniniella 54 multijida 308,314 Botrychium myriophylla 219,221,222,223 lanuginosum 28,30,31 orbignyana 220,222,223 matricariifolium 123 pernviana 220,221,222,223 vifXinianum 123 pitos a 220,222,223 BRAITHWAITE,A.F. 87, 199 prninata 220, 222, 223 Brazil pleridioides 57 pteridophyte collections of rnfa 31 George Gardner 109-111 subvillosa 30,31 Breeding systems tinaei 392-395 Athyrium ftlix-femina 157-161 tenuifolia 30,31 Himalayan Dryopteris species 7-12 Cheilanthopsis 20,21,23 BRIGHTMAN,F.H. 281 indusiosa 19-21,23 British Isles China Diphasiastrnm issleri 257-265 taxonomy of W oodsiaceae 17-24 pteridophyte records 52,127, 190 Christella Rust Fungi on ferns 321-328 chase ana 307,315 status of Ophioglossum dentata 306 azoricum 173-187 gueintziana 104, 107 BROWN,M.G. 77 hispidula 104,107 BUCKLEY,D.P. 97 CHRISTENSEN, C. Caesium 134 Index Filicum 108,123 uptake by Pteridiwn Chromosome numbers aquilinum 381-383 Anogramma chaerophylla 341-348 CALLAGHAN,T.V. 65,361,381 Anogranmta leptophylla 120, 341-348 Camptosorns 53,54,60 Asplenium adiantum-nigrnm 393 CAMUS,J.M. 162 Asplenium x artanense 352,353 CanaryIslands Asplenium x ticinense 393,394 Cystopteris species 121 Asplenium aureum 61,287 Cape Verde Islands Asplenium ceterach Cystopteris species 121 ssp. ceterach 57 Cassebeera Asplenium cordatum 62 gleichenioides 110 Asplenium dalhousiae 57 Ceratophyflitis Asplenium haughtonii 58,62 hybrid a 59 Asplenium phillipsianum 58,62 Ceratopteris 314 Asplenium punjabense 57-58 thalictroides 29,31, 97,98, 99, Asplenium x reichsteinii 136, 137 101,306 Asplenium septentrionale 394 Ceterach 53-63,349 Asplenium tadei 167 aureum 287 Asplenium tric/wmanes lolegnamense 287,342 ssp. maderense 287 Ceterachopsis 53-63 Azolla caroliniana 197, 317-319 5 FERNGAZETIE VOLUME 13 -INDEX Chromosome numbers Woodsia alpina Azollafiliculoides 193-198,317-319 ssp. belli 22 Azol/a mexicana 317-319 Woodsia andersonii 17,18,21 Azolla microplrylla 317-319 Woodsia cathcartiana 22 Azolla nilotica 317-319 Woodsia cinnamomea 22 Azol/a pinnata 197,317-319 Woodsia cyclo/oba 18,20,21 Azolla tUbra 317-319 Woodsia elongata 19-21 Ceterach /olegnamense 287 Woodsia glabella 22 Cheilanthes maderensis 395 Woodsia ilvensis 18,20,21 Cheilanthes tinaei 393,395 Woodsia intennedia 22 Chei/anthopsisindusiosa 19-21 Woodsia lanosa 17,18,21 Dryopteris aemula 248 Woodsia macrochleana 22 Dryopteris x asturiensis 115 Woodsia macrospora 22 Dryopteris corleyi 115 Woodsia mexicana 23 Dryopteris x gomen·ca 248 Woodsia obtusa 23 Dryopteris guanchica 248 Woodsia oregana 22 Gleichenia bancroftii 385-388 Woodsia plummerae 23 Gleichenia bifida 385-387, 389 Woodsia polystichoides Gleichenia brittonii 389 var. polystichoides 18,20,21 Gleichenia costaricensis 386-387 var. sinuata 18,20,21 Gleichenia glauca 388 Woodsia pu/chel/a 22 Gleichenia interjecta 389 Woodsia rosthomiana 18,20, 21 Gleichenia intennedia 386 Woodsia scopulina Gleichenia jamaicensis 389 var. scopulina 22 Gleichenia nitidula 386,388 var. appalachiana 22 G/eichenia pa/mata 390 Woodsiasubcordata 18,20,21 Gleichenia pseudobifida 390 Coniogramme Gleichenia remota 390 affinis 31 Gleichenia retroflexa 386,388 cauda/a 28,31 Gleichenia strictissima 386 fraxinea 28,31 Gleichenia x subremota 390 Coptophyllum Hymenophyllum maderense 285 buniifolium 111 Hymenophyllum wilsonii 395 millefolium 111 Ophioglossum azoricum 174 Costa Rica Ophioglossum lusitanicum 174 cytotaxonomy of the Ophioglossum vulgatum 174 Gleicheniaceae 385-390 Polystichum fa/cinellum 288 CROWLEY,C. 42 Polystichum x maderense 288 Crypsinus 43,45 Polystichum sellfetUm 288 banaensis 43-46 Protowoodsia manchuriensis 19-21 ebenipes 28,30,32 Tmesipteris billardieri 207 hastatus 28,30,32 Tmesipteris e/ongata 207 malacodon 29,30,32 Tmesipteris /anceolata 201,202,206,207 axylobus 28,30,32 Tmesipteris oblanceo/ata 88,90 quasidivaricatus 28,32 ssp. linearifolia 204,205,206,207 Cryptogramma ssp. oblanceolata 202, 207 btUnoniana 30 Tmesipteris oblongifo/ia 88-89,207 crispa 30,31,361 Tmesipteris ovata 207 Ctenitis Tmesipteris parva 207 /anuginosa 104,105 Tmesipteris sigmatifolia 201,202,206,207 Ctenopteris Tmesipten·s so/omonensis 207 heterophylla 81,82,84 Tmesipten·s tannensis 207 villosissima 105, 106 Tmesipteris ttUncata 95,207 CUBAS, P. 349 Tmesipteris vanuatensis 88-89,207 CULLINAINE, J.P. 42 Tmesipteris viei//ardii 206,207 Culcita Woodsia alpina macrocarpa 247 ssp. alpina 22 6 FERNGAZETIE VOLUME 13 - INDEX Cyathea 201,209-216, 304, propinqua 28,29,30,32 305,313 sinica 45 atrox 211,213 Dryopteris 7-12,345, 357 austra/is 81,84 acutodentata 32 cunninghamii 81 aemula 113,247-249 dregei 305,313 a!finis 1-6 gleichenioides 211-214 ssp.
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