Pteridology in the New Millennium : NBRI Golden Jubilee Volume

The National Botanical Research Institute came into being as the 13th among a chain of National Laboratories established during April, 1953 under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research by the Govt. of India for advanced research in fields of specialisation which have a direct bearing on socio-economic, industrial and scientific advancement of the nation. Christened initially as National Botanic Gardens, the nucleus around which the institution took shape under its founder- Director Late Prof. K. N. Kaul, was a large herbarium of Indian flora and a centu- old botanical garden spread over 35 ha of land on the banks of River Gomti in the heart of Lucknow city. It’s a matter of great pleasure and profound satisfaction to me that a Golden Jubilee volume entitled, “Pteridology in the New Millennium” is being published and released during the Golden Jubilee year of NBRI in the honour of Professor B. K. Nayar who laid the foundation of the Pteridology Laboratory of the NBRI, which is now a well equipped laboratory for the study of Indian pteridophytes. Professor Nayar is a holistic Botanist as evident through his contributions and publications in almost all the areas of study of Pteridophyta. The contribution of Professor Nayar towards the development of modern Pteridology and the role of NBRI in it is indeed great and very important. His publications will be valuable for the younger generation of scientists in the field as well as for the more mature research workers and teachers. Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii Professor Bala Krishnan Nayar: A Biographical Sketch....Pages 1-10 The Pteridology Laboratory, N.B.R.I., Lucknow (India)....Pages 11-13 Taxonomy and Biogeography of Indian Pteridophytes....Pages 15-24 Phylogenetics, Biogeography, and Classification of the Woodwardioid Ferns (Blechnaceae)....Pages 25-48 Review of the Family Woodsiaceae (Diels) Herter of Eurasia....Pages 49-64 An Introduction to the Pteridophytes of Hainan Island, South China....Pages 65-71 Notes on New or Interesting Asplenium Species from Western Asia, Including Comments on Ching & Wu (1985), and Fraser-Jenkins (1992) Reliquiae Reichsteinianae 1....Pages 73-105 Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Aspleniaceae in Brazil....Pages 107-120 Two New Species of Cyathea from Northeastern India....Pages 121-132 Distributional Study of the Genus Cyrtomium C. Presl (Dryopteridaceae)....Pages 133-141 Taxonomic Studies on the Family Sinopteridaceae and the Genus Ctenitopsis (Tectariaceae) from Hainan Island, China....Pages 143-151 Valuable and Noteworthy Chinese Fern Specimens Preserved at the Herbarium of Singapore Botanic Gardens (Sing)....Pages 153-164 Pteridophytic Flora of Northern Part of Bihar (India) Adjacent to Indo-Nepal Border....Pages 165-175 Studies on the Chinese Selaginellaceae-V: Observations on the Foliar Epidermis of Selaginella beauv. From Hainan Island in China....Pages 177-184 Morphological Observations on the Co-Occurring Geophytes Isoëtes Duriei Bory (Lycophyta, Isoëtaceae) and Romulea Columnae Sebast. Et Mauri (Anthophyta, Iridaceae)....Pages 185-189 Cytomorphological Studies on Some Indian Population of Isoëtes Coromandelina L. f.....Pages 191-203 Studies on the Morpho — Taxonomy of Indian Vittarioid Ferns....Pages 205-215 Morphological and Cytological Variations of Japanese Dryopteris Varia Group (Dryopteridaceae)....Pages 217-231 Environmentally Related Demography: Field Studies on Isoëtes Lacustris L. (Lycophyta, Isoëtaceae) in Europe....Pages 233-260 The Vertical Distributions of Live and Dead Fern Spores in the Soil of a Semi-Natural Woodland in Southeast Scotland and Their Implications for Spore Movement in the Formation of Soil Spore Banks....Pages 261-282 Species Richness of Pteridophytes in Natural Versus Man-Made Lowland Forests in Malaysia and Singapore....Pages 283-298 The Taxonomy and Ecology of the Pteridophytes of Mt. Iraya and Vicinity, Batan Island, Batanes Province, Northern Philippines....Pages 299-325 Some Aspects of the Fern Flora (Filicopsida) of the Netherlands....Pages 327-340 Demographic Studies of Homosporous Fern Populations in South Siberia....Pages 341-364 Eco-Morphological Characteristics of Pyrrosia Petiolosa (Christ et Baroni) Ching (Polypodiaceae) in the Primorye Territory, in Far-Eastern Russia....Pages 365-374 Herbivory on Three Tropical Fern Species of a Mexican Cloud Forest....Pages 375-381 Animal Interaction with Pteridophytes with Emphasis on Indian Records....Pages 383-395 Tolerance of Heavy Metals in Vascular Plants: Arsenic Hyperaccumulation by Chinese Brake Fern ( Pteris Vittata L.)....Pages 397-420 Economically Viable Pteridophytes of India....Pages 421-446 Gametophyte Morphology and Breeding Systems in Ferns....Pages 447-454 Some Aspects of Reproductive Biology of the Gametophyte Generation of Homosporous Ferns....Pages 455-484 Mating Systems of Cyatheaceae Native to Taiwan....Pages 485-489 Plantlet Production of the Philippine Giant Staghorn Fern [ Platycerium Grande (Fee) C. Presl] Through Spore Culture....Pages 491-495 Micropropagation and Conservation of Rare and Endangered Ferns of the Southern Western Ghats Through in vitro Culture....Pages 497-504 Heterosporous Water Ferns from the Late Cretaceous to Neogene Periods of India....Pages 505-520 This book entitled Pteridology in the New Millennium is dedicated to Professor B.K. Nayar, founder of the pteridology laboratory of the National Botanical Research India, Lucknow, India, on the eve of the Golden Jubilee Year October 2002 to October 2003 of the NBRI, a national laboratory under CSIR, New Delhi. This volume is a collection of research papers on pteridology covering a wide spectrum of various aspects of pteridological research from prominent scientists throughout the world. In editing this volume we have made an attempt to highlight the current significance of some of the emerging fields of pteridological research in various communities across the globe. The book includes thirty-five chapters mainly covering topics on systematics, morphology, anatomy and cytology, ecology and floristics, phytoremediation and economic utility, reproductive biology, tissue culture and Paleobotany.