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Matonia pectinata R. Br. is one of the best known examples of a very ancient relict type among living ferns. As is well known1, the fossil record goes back at least to the Cretaceous period and it extends geographically into the present Arctic Circle, yet the living species is confined to a few isolated mountains in western Malaysia.
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Manton, I., (unpublished).
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MANTON, I. Cytology of Meiosis in Matonia . Nature 173, 453–454 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173453b0
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