Pteridology in Perspective. Proceedings of the Holttum Memorial Pteridophyte Symposium. Kew 1995. Publ.1996. XX,700 p.gr8vo.Hardcover.

Contains the reviewed papers and posters presented at the symposium.-Contents (partly): Vascular plants and time/ A short account of the life of Richard Eric Holttum (1895 - 1990) tropical botanist and religious thinker/ Holttum and ferns/ Mapping the world's pteridophyte species diversity- systematics and flora/ Measurements of pteridophyte species diversity in Malesia and New Zealand/ Diversity, status and ecology of pteridophytes in three forests in Mindanao, Philippines/ The genus Hymenophyllum Smith in the Greater Antilles/ The importance of the Andes as a barrier to migration, as illustrated by the pteridophytes of the Choco phytogeographic region/ Distribution of pteridophyte diversity and endemism in Peru/ Neotropical Huperzia (Lycopodiaceae)-distribution of species richness.