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Order Psilotales (Noun)

Meaning

Lower vascular plants having dichotomously branched sporophyte divided into aerial shoot and rhizome and lacking true roots.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

  • Psilotales are often referred to as whisk ferns, and they represent one of the most ancient lineages of vascular plants still in existence.
  • Order Psilotales, commonly known as whisk ferns, consists of two genera: Psilotum and Tmesipteris.
  • Psilotales lack true roots and have dichotomously branched sporophytes, making them unique among vascular plants.
  • Order Psilotales are lower vascular plants characterized by the absence of true roots and the presence of branching rhizomes.
  • Whisk ferns, belonging to the order Psilotales, are small vascular plants without leaves or true roots, mostly confined to temperate and tropical regions.

Synonyms

  • Psilotales

Hypernyms

  • Plant Order
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