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Definition of Family Psilotaceae
1. Noun. Small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves.
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Order Psilotales, Psilotales
Member holonyms: Genus Psilotum, Psilotum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Psilotaceae
Literary usage of Family Psilotaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"... jrj the family Psilotaceae is an ancient feature." Without accepting this
position, this much at least is clear, that the present Psilotaceae possess ..."
2. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"Solms-Laubach (2) says: "The statements respecting fossil remains of the family
Psilotaceae are few and uncertain, nor is this surprising in such simple and ..."
3. Fossil Botany: Being an Introduction to Palaeophytology from the Standpoint by Hermann Solms-Laubach, Henry Edward Fowler Garnsey (1891)
"The statements respecting fossil remains of the family Psilotaceae are few and
uncertain, nor is this surprising in such simple and slightly differentiated ..."
4. The Evolution of Plants by Dukinfield Henry Scott (1911)
"I do not include the small family Psilotaceae, which seems to have closer affinities
with another class (see below, p. 212). The class is divided into two ..."
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