Psilotum nudum (Psilotaceae)

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Psilotum nudum is a slender, more or less erect, shturbby or tufted perennial up to about 1 foot high, with many successively two-forked branches that are ridged longitudinally. Scattered faitly regularly over the branches are tiny, pointed, scalelike "leaves." Amon the upper scales are borne three-lobed, yellow cases filled with countless minute spores. 

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Psilotum nudum information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Psilotum nudum--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Psilotum nudum information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Psilotum nudum, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

IPNI nomenclature info for Psilotum nudum
Nomenclatural information about Psilotum nudum is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Cultivation & propagation

Images

Psilotum nudum information from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Psilotum nudum in Hawaii is available from the Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands.

Psilotum nudum images by Jupiter Nielsen
Images of Psilotum nudum are provided online by Maui artist/photographer Jupiter Nielsen.

Distribution

Psilotum nudum information from the Smithsonian's Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Information about Psilotum nudum--including nomenclature and synonymy, and status and distribution in Hawaii--is provided by the "Flora of the Hawaiian Islands" website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Links from this page include descriptive information about the species, as well as worldwide distributional information and general information about the genus.

Where to see this species

Books

Full-text articles

Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Wood K. 2006. Maui Offshore Islet Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii.
Starr, F., K. Starr, and Loope L. 2006. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants on Midway Atoll, Hawaii. An addendum to the 1999 Botanical Survey of Midway Atoll.

Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey
Starr, F. and K. Starr. 2006. Oahu Offshore Islets Botanical Survey. Report prepared for State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Offshore Islet Restoration Committee, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values
Gon III, Samuel M. Ohukaniohia. 2008. Revised List of Hawaiian Names of Plants Native and Introduced with Brief Descriptions and Notes as to Occurrence and Medicinal or Other Values, by Joseph F. Rock Consulting Botanist, Board of Agriculture and Forestry Honolulu, Hawaii, 1920; transcribed and annotated by Samuel M. Ohukaniohia Gon III. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 6:405-442.

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