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Taxon: Family Psilotaceae J.W.Griff. & Henfr. (1855) - whisk ferns (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  J.W. Griffith & Henfrey, 1855, orth. corr.
Original name:  J.W. Griff. & Henfr., 1855. Microgr. Dict., 1 Nov 1855: 540. ["Psiloteae"].
Subsequent spelling:  Eichler, A.W. 1886. Syllabus (ed. 4): 22. ≡

Attributes

Corrected termination of typified name (: orth. corr.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 18.1 (family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 14 Oct 2022.

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon of: Psilotales (Order) Prantl (1884)
Type: Psilotum (Genus) Sw. (1801)

Variants

Clade-based name: Psilotaceae (Clade) Eichler 1886 [Cantino & Donoghue 2007] Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E15. [inferred]

Synonyms

Including: Timesipteridaceae (Family) A.V.Novikov & B. Barabasz-Krasny (2015), orth. inval. Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 47.
Including: Tmesipteridaceae (Family) Nakai (1943) Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 709.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: whisk ferns Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 709.
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