Family · Ferns & allies
Psilotaceae
Whisk ferns
Rootless ferns with forking green stems and reduced leaves, bearing fused three-lobed sporangia.
- Accepted species
- 18accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 2accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈110 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Pacificmost native species · WGSRPD
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Genera
Tmesipteris15 spp.
Psilotum3 spp.
Where it grows
- Pacific13
- Australasia12
- Asia-Tropical6
- Northern America3
- Southern America3
- Africa2
- Europe1
- Asia-Temperate1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Psilotaceae sits in the order Psilotales.