介绍台湾全部729种的蕨类与相关植物。

　　台湾是全球蕨类多样性中心之一，在35800平方公里的区域内，分佈了超过700种蕨类及类蕨类植物。

　　本书以图文并茂的方式介绍台湾以及周围小岛的所有蕨类，包括：
　　．目前已知的种类、亚种及混种。
　　．外来种
　　．总数多达4700张照片
　　．提供精准可靠的辨认要诀以分类其科属种
　　．详尽的背景资料
　　．对蕨类保育的建言
　　．各种蕨类的分布与频率
　　．各种蕨类的植被带与栖地
　　．同时提供学名、中文名、拼音与俗名
　　．丰富的参考书目
　　．详细的索引，包含同义词、错误的命名与在其他分类系统出现的命名

作者简介

Ralf Knapp

　　1969年生于德国埃柏巴哈，1998年起长居于台湾台北。约12年前因工作至台湾时，还是个电脑工程师与业余蕨类研究者。但自从成为台湾女婿后，使他对研究台湾蕨类与裸子植物的兴趣逐日遽增，更从此爱上台湾。来台前曾研究过中欧的维管植物，也曾参予巴伐利亚保育罕见植物的计画。在台湾研究的这些年，他已建立超过四千份植物标本与将近十万份的植物图像资料库。
 
　　本书为作者多年来的研究心血，详尽介绍了台湾蕨类的多样性。透过辜严倬云植物保种中心执行长李家维教授的牵线，终将台湾丰富的蕨类生态一次呈现在读者面前！
 
Ralf Knapp.

　　Born in Eberbach, Germany in 1969, and now lives in Taipei, Taiwan since 1998. More than 12 years ago he came to Taiwan to work in his profession as electrical engineer for a German company in their Taipei office. After marrying a Taiwanese, he could intensify his studies of Taiwanese pteridophytes and gymnosperms, which he started some 7 years ago. Prior to moving to Taiwan he had been working on Central European vascular plants, and for some years he was invited to join a program of the Bavarian Ministry of Environmental Protection focusing on monitoring and protection of rare and endemic plants. During his field work in Taiwan he built-up a private herbarium with now more than 4,000 specimen sheets, and an image database of exceeding 100,000.
 
　　This book is a detailed account pf present-day diversity of pteridophytes in Taiwan. Luckily, Professor Li Chia-Wei, the CEO of  "Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation and Environmental Protection Foundation", acts as go-between, finally introduces the immense diversity of ferns in Taiwan to everyone all at once!

Prefacei
Foreword iii

Acknowledgements v

1　Introduction
Counties of Taiwan　1
Recent checklists and floras for Taiwan's pteridophytes　3
Taxonomic system 4
Cytotypes, hybrids and infra-specific taxa 6
Invasive taxa　7
Using this book　7
Recommended literature　10

2　Glossary and Abbreviations
General anatomy of ferns　11
Specific terms for a selection of families　15
Alphabetical listing of terms　16
Recommended literature　31

3　Keys
Key to families　34
Keys to genera and lower ranks 47

4　Comments
Alternative taxonomic systems　431
Comments regarding families and lower ranks　432
Taxa endemic to Taiwan　483
Taxa with a singular occurrence in Taiwan　486

5　References
Literature　491
Internet-based resources　513
Virtual (online) herbaria　514

6　Images
Images　517
Sources of images　948

7　Index
Index to scientific names　954
Index to Chinese names　1029
Index to place names　1051