Advances in Pteridology

Contents: Preface. Prof. Triloki Nath Bhardwaja: Biography and contribution to botany. 1. Shoot development in ferns: the example of Dryopteris filix mas, a new holistic approach/Wolfgang Hagemann. 2. Systematics and classification of ferns: retrospect and prospect/S.M. Vasudeva. 3. Gametophytic reproductive biology of homosporous ferns: an assessment/S.C. Verma. 4. Biogeography of certain families of Indian Pteridophytes/G. Panigrahi. 5. Researches on Marsilea L. during the last fifty years/Sister Francetta D’Souza. 6. Leaf demographic studies on Central Himalayan Cyathea spinulosa Wall Ex. Hook/N. Punetha and J.N. Pant. 7. Taxonomic observations on genus--Phymatopteris Pichi-Sermolli from Kumaon (W. Himalayas)/H.C. Pande and P.C. Pande. 8. Researches on Isoetes L. in India/Dilip Gena. 9. Pteridophyte flora of North Bihar adjacent to Indo-Nepal border/R.B. Shrivastva, Pranav Priyadarshi and Pawan Kumar Gupta. 10. Pteridological researches in Rajasthan/C.B. Gena. 11. Antibacterial effect of Equisetum arvense Linn. and Lygodium japonicum Swartz./Ajay Kumar and P. Kaushik. 12. Phytochemical investigations of Cheilanthes species of Rajasthan/Vibha Khanna. 13. An overview of the Pteridophytic flora of some protected areas of Rajasthan/Satish Kumar Sharma. 14. Recent observation on the biodiversity of Vascular cryptogams and hot spot areas of Kumaon Himalayas/P.C. Pande and H.C. Pande. 15. Isoetes coromandelina L. (f.)--a composite species/G.K. Srivastava and P.K. Shukla. 16. Morpho-anatomical observations on some Indian members of Selaginella P. Beauv./R. Mukhopadhyay. 17. Ophioglossum L. in Rajasthan--taxonomy and distribution/B.L. Yadav and M.K. Tripathi. 18. Role of Pteridophytic spores in early cretaceous stratigraphy and in demarcating Jurassic cretaceous boundary in India/Archana Tripathi. 19. Ethnomedicinal uses of Pteridophytes/P.C. Trivedi. Index.

"This book, Advances in Pteridology, provides a comprehensive and critical review of the work done in different areas of Pteridology including systematics, morphology, anatomy, reproductive biology, phytochemical study, biodiversity conservation and ethnomedicinal pteridophytes. The book contains 19 chapters covering detailed classifications of ferns and reproductive biology of homosporous ferns and excellent accounts of genus Selaginella, Marsilea, Isoetes, Cyathea, Ophioglossum and Phymatopteris. Aspects covering the antibacterial effect of pteridophytes and the ethnomedicinal uses of pteridophytes have been specially included to project their role and use in the twenty-first century. A comprehensive account of recent observations on the biodiversity of vascular cryptogams and hot spot areas of Kumaon Himalayas is given to throw light on the importance of preservation of vanishing pteridophytes of India.

The book will be useful to researchers, teachers and students of Botany and Pteridology." (jacket)