Reophytic Ferns Grown Along the Stream of Umberi River in Nuni Village, Manokwari

Normal 0false false falseIN X-NONE X-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4The objective of this study was to observe the morphology, anatomy and palynology of the reophytic ferns grown along the Umberi stream of Nuni, Manokwari. The Morphological characters of the ferns were recorded to identify a variety of reophytic ferns. The anatomy and palynology of these ferns were also studied to verify the morphological   characters. There were 16 types of reophytic ferns grown along the Umberi stream of Nuni, Where in 10 and 16 types were categorized as the dry reophytic landplants and torrenticolous rheophytes, respectively. All the 16-reophytic ferns comprised of 7 families (Acrostichaceae, aspleniaceae, Davalliaceae, Polypodiaceae, Pteridiaceae, Schyzaeceae and Selaginellaceae) which were classified into 2 classes (Lycopodinae and Leptosporangiae). Based on the anatomy of petiole, the structure of bundle sheath and type of stomata were not similar among the ferns. A number of annulus and the surface texture of spore also varied based on the palynological study.