Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Psilotum Sw.
WHISK-FERN
Classification
PSILOTALES
Psilotum
Citation
PSILOTUM Swartz, J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 8, 109. 1801.
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TYPE: Psilotum triquetrum Swartz 1801, nom. illegit. (Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus 1753; Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois 1805.) Lectotypified by Brongniart, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 9: 558. 1826.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Psilotum nudum WHISK-FERN Native FAC (NWPL)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Bernhardia Bernhardia Willdenow ex Bernhardi, J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 132. 1801; Willdenow, Abh. Kurfurestl.-Mainz. Akad. Nuetzl. Wiss. Erfurt 2(6): 11. 1802. TYPE: Bernhardia dichotoma Willdenow ex Bernhardi 1801, nom. illegit. (Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus 1753) = Psilotum Swartz 1801. Substitute name for Hoffmannia Willdenow 1789, non Swartz 1788.
Hoffmannia Hoffmannia Willdenow, Mag. Bot. (Roemer & Usteri) 2(6): 15. 1789, non Swartz 1788, nec Hofmannia Heister ex Fabricius 1759. TYPE: Hoffmannia aphylla Willdenow 1789, nom. illegit. (Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus 1753.) = Psilotum Swartz 1801.
Tristeca Tristeca Mirbel, in Lamarck & Mirbel, Hist. Nat. Veg. 3: 478; 4: 315. 1802. TYPE: Tristeca nuda (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois ex J. Saint-Hilaire 1805. (Lycopodium nudum Linnaeus 1753.) = Psilotum Swartz 1801.