Psilotum Sw.
Details
Psilotum Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 109 (1801)
Psilotum Sw.
Nomenclature
Sw.
Sw.
1801
109
ICN
Psilotum Sw.
genus
Psilotum
Classification
Vernacular names
Synonyms
Descriptions
Psilotum Sw.
Sporangia 3-lobed, 3-celled (rarely 2-4-celled), subglobose, terminal on very short lobes or almost sessile, the scale-like branches embracing the sporangium. Plant us. terrestrial and erect, axis many times dichotomously branched, sterile lobes scale-like, minute, along the angles of the axis. A very few spp., mainly tropical and subtropical. The N.Z. sp. with the range of the genus.
Taxonomic concepts
Bernhardia
Psilotum Sw.
Psilotum Sw.
Psilotum Sw.
Notes
Etymology
From the Greek psilo- (bare, naked), a reference to the naked or exposed synangia
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 March 2015