Psilophyte (Noun)
Meaning
Any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The fossil record indicates the psilophyte played a pivotal role in the early evolution of land plants in the Savannah ecosystem.
- One of the earliest recognizable vascular plant-like features was observed in the Psilophytes found in savannahs, dating back to around 420 million years.
- Psilophytes were primarily known as pioneers that thrived and paved the way for more complex plant forms, on savannah landscapes worldwide.
- Botanists once believed the psilophyte family was limited to extinct flora, until ancient descendants were discovered breaking through the dry soil of the African savannah.
- Several recent studies in the hot African savannah region identified psilophyte fossils alongside ancient relatives of the modern liverwort and moss.