Isoetes melanospora

Isoetes melanospora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes melanospora

Name

Isoetes melanospora Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 395 (1877).

• Type: Georgia, shallow ponds on the summit of Stone Mt., May 1869, W.M.Canby (MO, GH, US, PH, F, NY)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calamaria melanospora (Engelm.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 828 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Georgia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• 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. 
• Pfeiffer, N.E. 1922. Monograph of the Isoetaceae. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 9(2): 79–218, pls. xii–xix. JSTOR, BHL 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.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Isoetes melanospora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Blackspored Quillwort, Blackspored Merlin's Grass