- Psilotum nudum
Taxobox
name = "Psilotum"
image_width = 250px
image_caption = Closeup of "Psilotum nudum"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Pteridophyta
classis =Psilotopsida
ordo =Psilotales
familia =Psilotaceae
genus = "Psilotum "
species = "Psilotum nudum""Psilotum nudum" is a fern-like plant. Like the other species in the order
Psilotales , it lacks roots, but evolved from a fern ancestor and lost the roots subsequently. It is found in tropical Asia, tropical Africa, South America, Central America, and tropical and subtropical North America.cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200002872 | work =Flora of North America | title = Psilotum nudum] It is sometimes found in cultivation (either accidentally, as a weed in greenhouses, or deliberately, in the form of a number of cultivars).References
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