鳳尾蕨科的範圍長久以來存在著許多不同的分類意見。本研究使用掃描式電子顯微鏡，針對臺灣的鳳尾蕨科植物11屬48種的葉表皮形態進行觀察，共記錄鳳尾蕨科植物葉遠軸面6種毛被物、2種氣孔型、3種表皮細胞形態，加上氣孔下陷與否、表皮細胞長軸與葉脈是否平行及細胞上之皺褶等特徵，則可以輔助部分屬及亞科的劃分。碎米蕨屬的遠軸面表皮形態可以分成四型：碎米蕨型、粉背蕨型、擬旱蕨型和黑心蕨型；鐵線蕨屬遠軸面表皮形態可分為兩型：表皮細胞分支型和不分支型；而鳳了蕨屬的表皮特徵和鳳尾蕨屬無法區別。此外，珠蕨屬、金粉蕨屬和鹵蕨屬的葉表皮特徵和其他屬均不相似，而它們在鳳尾蕨科內的分類地位值得進一步研究。

The Pteridaceae has been variously classified by different taxonomists. The leaf epidermal morphology of 48 species in 11 genera of Taiwan Pteridaceae was studied using SEM. There are six types of trichomes, two types of adult stomata and three types of epidermal morphology described. And the variability of some epidermal characters, such as the stomata flush or sunken, the long axes of epidermis cell lie parallel to the vein or not, the lines on cells or not, could distinct part of genera and subfamilies. Based on previously described characters, the epidermis pattem of Cheilanthes could be divided into four types, the cheilanthes type, the aleuritopteris type, the mildella type and the doryopteris type; and that of Adiantum could be divided into two types, branched type and nonbrached type. And the epidermis morphology of Coniogramme was very simility to that of Pteris. Besides, the epidermis characters showed that Cryptogramma, Onychium and Acrostichum are unique. And more study of the three genera is needed to understand the relationships among these genera.

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