Details of genus: Psilotum Sw. [2104]
genus_ja: マツバラン
genus_en: Fork fern
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accepted: Accepted
Family: Psilotaceae
family_ja: マツバラン
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distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of 2 species of terrestrial or epiphytic, evergreen, rhizomatous, fern-like perennials from moist tropical and warm-temperate forest or woodland worldwide. They are grown for their upright, spreading, or pendent habit, and for their distinctive, repeatedly forked, triangular or flattened, yellow-green stems, 1-3mm (1/16-1/8in) thick, which may die back in winter. The leaves are very small and inconspicuous, and the stems sometimes bear small, spherical, 3-lobed sporangia in the axils of minute bracts. In frost-prone areas, grow in a cool or temperate greenhouse, and leave undisturbed for long periods; in warmer areas, grow beneath shrubs or tree ferns.
hardiness_en: Frost tender.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow spores at 21°C (70°F) when ripe. Divide established plants in spring. See also p.51.
pests_en: Trouble free.
description_ja:
comment: trop., C Japan, SW Spain
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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
| System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Psilotaceae | マツバラン科 | Show | |||
| PB2 | Psilotaceae | マツバラン科 | Show | |||
| PB3 | Psilotaceae | マツバラン科 | Show |