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Psilotum Sw.

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Psilotum Sw., J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 109 (1801)
Psilotum Sw.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Sw.
Sw.
1801
109
ICN
Psilotum Sw.
genus
Psilotum
From the Greek psilo- (bare, naked), a reference to the naked or exposed synangia

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Psilotum

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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.

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Etymology
From the Greek psilo- (bare, naked), a reference to the naked or exposed synangia

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018937db-6e85-47a1-acdc-c982836e83a3
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
3 March 2015
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