Psilotophyta (a "whisk ferns"; too another time when Psilophyta) occurs as division (i.e., phylum) of the Kingdom Plantae. This section contains merely deuce genera, Psilotum, the little fruticose plant of the dry tropics, & Tmesipteris, an epiphyte found in Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia. There has hanker been contention just about a relationships of the Psilotophyta, using a few claiming that it is ferns (Pteridophyta), and others maintaining that it is descendent of the foremost vascular plants. Recent grounds to believe from either DNA suggests a nigher affinity to the ferns.

A lot Psilotophyta part two or three characteristics. Psilotophyta come vascular plants. It lack leaves, instead getting little outgrowths known as enations. the enations are non considered avowedly leaves because there exists exclusively a vascular bundle good underneath the two, but not around, when in leaves. Psilotophyta likewise don't keep around admittedly roots. It is anchored by rhizoids. Absorption is aided by symbiotic fungi called mycorrhizae.

3 sporangia are united into a synangium, which is considered to exist as the super decreased series of branches. There is a heavy tapetum to nourish a underdeveloped spores, as is average of eusporangiate plants. A gametophyte looks like the little piece of subterranean stem, however green goods antheridia and archegonia.