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 | | Lindseales, Dennstaedtiales and Aspleniales were apparently derived from polyploidy of n=12, while Hypolepidales were probably derived from n=13. |
 | | Pteridales may have developed from n=14, but this is much less clear. |
 | | I propose that the subsequent orders, from Athyriales through Polypodiales, developed from a basal count of n=14 tripling through hexaploidy to n=42, then reducing to n=41, n=40, n=37, and so forth. |
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