familyPsilotaceae
genusPsilotum
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Psilotum
J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 8, 109. 1801.
Common names: Whisk-fern
Etymology: Greek psilos, naked, referring to the plant's leafless aerial shoots
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Huperzia selago Huperzia lucidula Phlegmariurus dichotomus Psilotum nudum Huperzia appalachiana | John Myers John Myers John Myers John Myers John Myers |
Plants terrestrial, sometimes epiphytic. Aerial shoots often clumped, simple proximally, dichotomously branched distally, 3 (–several) -ridged. Appendages minute, bractlike, borne distally on ridges of aerial shoots, sterile appendages subulate, those subtending synangia 2-lobed. Synangia ± globose, obscurely 3-lobed.
Distribution
Tropical and warm temperate regions
Discussion
Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).
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... more about "Psilotum"
alternate;subopposite +
sterile +
minute +
0cm;1cm +
subterranean +
coral-like +
Whisk-fern +
Tropical and warm temperate regions +
fused +
homosporous +
branched +
subterranean +
mycotrophic +
elongate +
fleshy +
J. Bot. (Schrader) +
1801 +
absent +
clumped +
aerial +
3-ridged +
not green +
many +
reniform +
2-lobed +
dehiscing +
Psilotum +
Psilotaceae +
genus +
perennial +
terrestrial +
epiphytic +