psilotum nudum

Psilotum nudum, known as the whisk fern, is a fernlike plant. Like the other species in the order Psilotales, it lacks roots. It is found in tropical Africa, Central America, tropical and subtropical North America, South America, tropical Asia, Australia, Hawaii, southern Japan, Lord Howe Island, New Zealand, with a few isolated populations in SW Europe ('Los Alcornocales', Spain, Cádiz province).Its name, Psilotum nudum, means 'bare naked' in Latin, because it lacks most of the organs of typical ...