The past quarter-century has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of the phylogenetics, systematics, and ecology of pteridophytes (ferns and lycophytes), particularly due to the rapid accumulation of plastid sequence data and a renewed interest in the ecology of the sexual phase of the life cycle. We here compile 19 papers recently published in the Journal of Plant Research dealing with the biology of pteridophytes, grouped into six categories: (1) breeding systems, (2) species complexes and polyploidization, (3) fossil taxa, (4) gametophyte ecology, (5) systematics, (6) biodiversity. We hope this collection of papers will be of value to researchers interested in this fascinating group of plants.

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虚拟问题：分子遗传学时代的蕨类植物的生态学和进化。

在过去的25个世纪中，我们对蕨类植物（蕨类和苔藓植物）的系统发育，系统学和生态学的理解发生了革命性变化，尤其是由于质体序列数据的快速积累以及人们对蕨类植物性阶段生态学的重新关注。生命周期。我们在此汇编了最近在《植物研究杂志》上发表的有关蕨类植物生物学的19篇论文，分为六类：（1）育种系统，（2）物种复合体和多倍体化，（3）化石类群，（4）配子体生态学，（5）系统的，（6）生物多样性。我们希望这些论文集对对这组引人入胜的植物感兴趣的研究人员有价值。