| dc.description.abstract | This study was conducted to determine the spore characteristics of terrestrial fern plants. It covered
in highland “Yang" wildlife moss forest, Argopuro Mountains. The specimens of terrestrial fern
collections were carried out by a structured random method along 2 km mossforest climbing route
that was divided into 20 points. In each pointwas 100 meters away then made a rectangular plot
with a length 15 meters and 6 meters wide. In each plot measurements of abiotic data such as
temperature, humidity, light intensity, geospatial location and site altitude. The spores obtained
were prepared by using acetolysis, then it observed under a microscope with magnification 400
times. Spore parameters were type, shape, size, and exinornamentation. Twelve kinds of terrestrial
fern plants with 2 types of spores were trilete and monolete. The trilete spore was found in a single
fern plant of Pteristripita. While monolete type were found in Aspleniums colopendrium,
Asplenium excisum, Asplenium normale, Blechnum nudum, Lastreopsis rufescens, Lastreopsis
munita, Lastreopsiss mithiana, Lastreop sisgrayi, Sticherus lobatus, Diplazium pallidum and
Athyrium mearnsianum. The spores form observed were suboblasts (1 species), prolate (3 types),
peroblics (2 types), oblate (1 type) and subspheroidal (5 types) with 5 exine ornamentation forms
were psilate, verrucate, scabrate, echinate and regulate. This study that characteristics spore of fern
plants in moss forest, Argopuro Mountains for better understanding the key characters from
morphological features of spore fern plant. | en_US |
