Isoetes kirkii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Isoetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Isoetidae Ordo: Isoetales

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes kirkii

Name

Isoetes kirkii A.Braun, Monatsber. Koenigl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1869: 649 (1869).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calamaria kirkii (A.Braun) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 828 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • Isoetes kirkii var. flabellata C.R.Marsden, Morphol Taxon. Isoëtes (1979), nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Braun, A.K.H. 1869. Über eine neue in Neuseeland entdeckte Art der Gattung Isoëtes. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 648–650. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Allan, H.H.B. 1961. Flora of New Zealand. Vol. 1. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. 1085 pp., Government Printer Publications, Wellington. ISBN 0-477-01056-3. Online version Internet Archive, Lending Library Google Books. Reference page.  p. 8.
• Hofstra, D. & de Winton, M. 2016. Geographic scales of genetic variation amongst Isoëtes in New Zealand. Aquatic Botany 131: 28–37. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.02.004 Reference page.  (challenging species status of I. alpina)
• 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Isoetes kirkii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jun 1. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Isoetes kirkii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jun 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Isoetes kirkii. Published online. Accessed: 1 Jun 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Isoetes kirkii Accessed: 1 Jun 2026. Reference page.