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  2. British Pteridological Society - Wikipedia

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    The British Pteridological Society is for fern enthusiasts of the British Isles, and was founded in England in 1891. [1]The origins and early history of the BPS at the time of "Pteridomania" is described in the book The Victorian Fern Craze. [2]

  3. Category:Botanical societies - Wikipedia

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    British Pteridological Society; C. California Botanical Society; California Chaparral Institute; California Native Plant Society; Botanical Society of Canada;

  4. Margaretta Riley - Wikipedia

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    She was born in Castle Gate, Nottingham on 4 May 1804 to Richard and Margaretta Hopper. [1] She married John Riley in 1826, agent for the Montague family in Papplewick, north of Nottingham, where she lived for the rest of her life.

  5. Category:British biology societies - Wikipedia

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    Biochemical Society; Botanical Society of Scotland; British Arachnological Society; British Biophysical Society; British Bryological Society; British Ecological Society; British Entomological and Natural History Society; British Lichen Society; British Phycological Society; British Pteridological Society; British Society for Developmental Biology

  6. Lepidopterology - Wikipedia

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    A Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland Another Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland. Lepidopterology (from Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos) 'scale' πτερόν (pterón) 'wing' and -λογία [1]) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the two superfamilies of butterflies.

  7. Pteridophyte - Wikipedia

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    British Pteridological Society; Annual Review of Pteridological Research "Pteridophyta" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. Pteridophytes Test Questions for Papers And Quizzes [Important] Archived 2019-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

  8. Fern - Wikipedia

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    The Barnsley fern is a fractal named after the British mathematician Michael Barnsley who first described it in his book Fractals Everywhere. A self-similar structure is described by a mathematical function, applied repeatedly at different scales to create a frond pattern.

  9. Jean Paton - Wikipedia

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    Jean Annette Paton MBE (née Comins [1] or Comyn; [2] born 4 January 1929) is a British botanist, bryologist and botanical illustrator. She has written many books on the bryology of the United Kingdom and the flora of Cornwall, and described several new species.