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Origin:
Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central American Pac, Chagos Archipelago, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Free State, Gabon, Galápagos, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Japan, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Line Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tuvalu, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Author: A. M.F.J. alisotP. de Beauvois 1805
Family:  Psilotaceae
Habitat:   Tropical and Subtropical, in the New World, Asia, and the Pacific. See below...
Soil:   Sandy Soil or Epiphytic
Water:   Medium-Maximum
Sun:   Medium
Height:  50 centimetres
Flower:   No; Yellow spores
Propagate:   Spores/Division
Names:   Whisk Fern, Skeleton Fork Fern
Synonyms:  Lycopodium nudum, Linnaeus.
And a lot more; see below...

This member of the Psilotaceae family was given this name by Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois in 1805. It is found in the tropical and subtropical Americas, Asia, and the Pacific. It grows as an epiphyte or on the ground in well drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The branches can grow to 50 centimetres.

This plant have been thought to be a primitive fern relatives, with no true roots or leaves. Latest research shows; it is not that primitive; it's ancestors might have had roots.

Well, this in not really what I would classify as a caudiciform, but truly an interesting plant anyway.

Synonyms:
Lycopodium nudum L.
Bernhardia antillarum Müll.Berol.
Bernhardia capensis Müll.Berol.
Bernhardia deppeana Müll.Berol.
Bernhardia dichotoma Willd.
Bernhardia novae-hollandiae K.Mull.
Bernhardia oahuensis Müll.Berol.
Hoffmannia aphylla Willd.
Psilotum domingense Gand.
Psilotum flabellatum Gand.
Psilotum floridanum Michx.
Psilotum heterocarpum Colenso
Psilotum novae-zelandiae Gand.
Psilotum nudum var. fallicinum (Domin) Domin
Psilotum nudum var. molesworthiae Iranzo, Prada & Salvo
Psilotum nudum var. normale Domin
Psilotum triquetrum Sw.
Psilotum triquetrum var. fallacinum Domin
Psilotum triquetrum var. gracile Grev. & Hook.
Psilotum triquetrum f. insulare Brade
Psilotum triquetrum var. latum Desv.