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
- Lower vascular plant experts have extensively studied the unique characteristics of Psilotales.
- The Psilotales are a distinct order of vascular plants with reduced root systems.
- One feature of Psilotales is the dichotomous branching in both their rhizomes and aerial shoots.
- Psilotales have the simplest vascular systems among all vascular plants, lacking true roots.
- These primitive vascular plants belong to the class Psilotopsida, specifically the order Psilotales.