6.The Kizilsu palynofloras are characterized by the dominance of coniferae, abundance of schizaeaceous ferns and presence of primitive angiospermous pollen.
9.Here in the rainforest, the giant ohia lehua trees and hapuu ferns provide protective canopy to an amazingly diverse collection of plants and animals.
10.Homosporous ferns produce sporophytes by intra gametophytic selfing, inter gametophytic mating, or apogamy.Gametangium ontogeny, genetic load, and ploidy affect the mating system of each species.
11.Characteristics: Terrestrial ferns; stipes tuft, backlish at base; young fronds pinnaye with wider pinnae, when getting older, the fronds become bipinnate or tripinnatifid with slender pinnules.