Isoetes mexicana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Isoetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Isoetidae Ordo: Isoetales

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes mexicana

Name

Isoetes mexicana Underw., Bot. Gaz. 13: 93 (1888).

• Typus: Mexico, Chihuahua, base of Sierra Madre, slow streams, October 1887, C.G. Pringle 1447 (Holotypus: NY; isotypi: BM, G, M, MO, NY, PH, UC, US, UPS, VT).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central (Ciudad de Mexico, México State, Morelos), Mexico Northeast (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Zacatecas), Mexico Southwest (Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit). Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Underwood, L.M. 1888. The distribution of Isoetes. Botanical Gazette 13: 89–94. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mickel, J.T. & Smith, A.R. 2004. The Pteridophytes of Mexico. Part I (Descriptions and Maps). Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 88: i–xi, 1–1054. Reference page. 
• Troìa, A., Pereira, J.B.S., Kim, C. & Taylor, W.C. 2016. The genus Isoetes (Isoetaceae): a provisional checklist of the accepted and unresolved taxa. Phytotaxa 277(2): 101–145. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.277.2.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2017. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.19 – August 2017. Accessed 10 Sep 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican quillwort