https://polypompholyx.github.io/tag/primitive/Recent content in primitive on PolypompholyxHugoen-GBExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, Steve CookTue, 12 Dec 2017 11:01:11 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/04/organism-of-the-week-11/Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:53:49 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2013/04/organism-of-the-week-11/<p>It&rsquo;s not much to look at, but <em>Psilotum nudum</em>&lsquo;s naked fronds* *hold a cautionary tale for biologists:</p> <figure class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width:224px"><a href="https://polypompholyx.github.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Psilotum_nudum_Oxford.jpg"><img loading="lazy" alt="Psilotum nudum (Oxford Botanic Gardens) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]" src="https://polypompholyx.github.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Psilotum_nudum_Oxford-224x300.jpg" /></a><figcaption><em>Psilotum nudum</em>, finally bagged at the Oxford Botanic Gardens</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Psilotum</em> looks a great deal like some of the earliest fossils of land plants. One of the earliest such fossils is <em>Rhynia</em>, the first specimens of which which were unearthed in Aberdeenshire around 1910, a mere 410 million years after they were originally buried.</p>