Common Names
Common Names in English:
Flatfork Fern, Moa, Moa Nahele, O'o Moa, Oo Moa, Pipi, Whisk Fern
Description
Genus Psilotum
Plants
terrestrial
, sometimes epiphytic. Aerial
shoots
often clumped, simple
proximally, dichotomously branched distally, 3(--several) -ridged. Appendages
minute, bractlike, borne distally on ridges
of aerial shoots, sterile
appendages subulate
, those subtending
synangia 2-lobed. Synangia ± globose
, obscurely 3-lobed.
Species 2 or 3: tropical
and warm temperate regions
."Psilotum". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Psilopsida
()
- Order:
Psilotales
()
- Family:
Byrrhoidea
()
- Genus:
Psilotum
()
- Swartz, J. Bot. (Schrader). 1800(2): 8, 109. 1801.
- Whisk-fern [Greek psilos, naked, referring to the plant's leafless aerial shoots]
- Specific epithet:
complanatum
- Sw.
- Botanical name: - Psilotum complanatum Sw.
- Specific epithet:
complanatum
- Sw.
- Genus:
Psilotum
(
- Family:
Byrrhoidea
(
- Order:
Psilotales
(
- Class:
Psilopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Psilotum
There are approximately 20 species in this genus:
P. bernarolii · P. complanatum (Flatfork Fern) · P. complanatum var. flaccidum · P. complanatum var. fosbergii · P. complanatum var. latissimum · P. complanatum var. mexicanum · P. flabellatum · P. flaccidum · P. intermedium · P. nudum (Moa) · P. nudum var. fallicinum · P. nudum var. molesworthii · P. nudum var. normale · P. triquetrum · P. triquetrum var. fallacinum · P. triquetrum var. gracile · P. triquetrum var. latum · P. triquetum · P. truncatum · P. × intermedium
Bibliography
- Cooper-Driver,G. 1977. Chemical evidence for separating the Psilotaceae from the Filicales. Science 198: 1260--1262.
- White, R.A., D.W. Bierhorst, P.G. Gensel, D.R. Kaplan, and W.H. Wagner Jr. 1977. Taxonomic and morphological relationships of the Psilotaceae: A symposium. Brittonia 29: 1--68.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
- GBIF-Spain, CUBA: Herbario de la Academia de Ciencias, La Habana, Cuba: HAC-Pteridophyta
- GBIF-Spain, CUBA:Herbario del JardĂn Botánico Nacional, La Habana, Cuba: HAJB-Pteridophyta
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2644338
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-17007
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13728726
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:114220-3
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 17007
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 114220-3
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPPSI01010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: PSCO3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 57200
