Aspects Of Plant Sciences: Perspectives In Pteridology Present And Future (Part-2)

Introduction to Pteridophytes

Pteridophytes, Variously Called As Primitive Land Plants, Pioneer Vascular Plants Or Early Land Plants, Represent A Group Of Plants In Turmoil. They Have Served As Nature's Experimental Group Manifesting Patterns Of A Plant Group Adapting Itself From An Aquatic To Terrestrial Existence. This Aspect Of Plant Morphology, Considered To Be The Central Theme Dominating Botany Till The Fifties, Did Suffer A Decline In Emphasis In The Latter Half Of This Century.