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| | Botany 307F - Families of Vascular Plants - PSILOTACEAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | PSILOTACEAE - Psilotum sp., Psilotum nudum L. Psilotaceae sporophytes lack roots, have dichotomously branched rhizomes, with erect, aerial branches. |
 | | Psilotaceae are remarkably similar to the rhizomes of the sporophytes; subterranean, non-photosynthetic, cylindrical, mycorrhizal, covered with rhizoids and bearing both antheridia and archegonia. |
 | | The Psilotaceae are tropical, with one genus, Psilotum, in subtropical USA. |
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