Psilotum nudum




Family Psilotaceae
Scientific name Psilotum nudum (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
Synonyms Bernhardia antillarum Müller Berolinensis; Bernhardia capensis Müller Berolinensis; Bernhardia deppeana Müller Berolinensis; Bernhardia dichotoma Willdenow ex Bernhardi; Bernhardia mascarenica Müller Berolinensis; Hoffmannia aphylla Willdenow; Lycopodium nudum L.; Psilotum domingense Gandoger; Psilotum flabellatum Gandoger; Psilotum floridanum Michaux; Psilotum natalense Gandoger; Psilotum novae-hollandiae Müller Berolinensis; Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois var. normale Domin; Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois var. fallacinum (Domin) Domin; Psilotum triquetrum Swartz; Psilotum triquetrum Swartz forma insulare Brade; Psilotum triquetrum Swartz var. gracile Hooker; Psilotum triquetrum Swartz var. fallacinum Domin
Common name (Japanese common name) matsuba-ran [pine needles orchid]
(English common name) whisk plant, whisk fern, skeleton fork fern
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Miyagi Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, throughout tropics & subtropics
Chromosomal number n=52, 78, 104, ca.210
Description Plants 10-40cm. Evergreen. Epiphyte or lithophyte. Perennial Plants.
Reference Psilotum nudum (L.) P. Beauv.
Psilotum nudum (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois
Psilotum nudum
Note Rare species.



December 2006
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
December 2006
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
December 2006
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden