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THE common polypody (Polypodium vulgare L.) is such an apparently well-defined and isolated species, being the only one of its kind hitherto recognized in Europe, that it was a matter of considerable surprise to detect in it cytological complexities recalling those of the Male fern1 without, fortunately, quite equalling the full intricacies of that 'species'. Polypodium is, however, complicated enough to need a very large collection of living samples from all over its geographical range before it will be adequately understood, and it is in the hope of soliciting the cooperation of correspondents both in Great Britain and farther afield that this note has been offered for publication.
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Manton, I., Nature, 144, 291 (1939).
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MANTON, I. Polyploidy in Polypodium vulgare. Nature 159, 136 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159136a0
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