摘要:
Monilophytes是植物系统学中的一个新术语，近年来广泛使用于英文论文和欧美的植物学教科书。该术语简化自Kenrick和Crane建立的单系类群名称——Moniliformopses，来源于古植物学家对泥盆纪化石植物的茎轴解剖结构的详细研究。Monilophytes实际上包括了松叶蕨类、箭蕨类、楔叶类、莲座蕨类和薄囊蕨类，其中文可定名为“广义真蕨类”。
Abstract: As a new term in plant systematics, the Monilophytes have been widely used in English-written papers and Western botanical textbooks. This term is simplified from the name of the monophyletic group Moniliformopses, which were established by Kenrick and Crane and derived from the detailed studies on permineralized stems of Devonian fossil plants. The Monilophytes actually represent ferns in a broad sense (i.e., ferns sensu lato), including whisk ferns, ophioglossoid ferns, sphenophytes, marattioid ferns and leptosporangiate ferns. Thus, its Chinese name should be translated into “广义真蕨类”.