Isoetes fuliginosa

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 fuliginosa

Name

Isoetes fuliginosa R.L.Small & Hickey, Amer. Fern J. 91(2): 55 (2001).

• Typus: ‘‘Colombia. Departamento del Cauca: Cordillera Central, Lagunilla de las Casitas, 3700 m alt., 3 Dec 1944’’ Cuatrecasas 19117 (Holotypus: F, isotypi: COL, F, G-2, GH, MO, MU, US).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Isoetes arumiana H.P.Fuchs, Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C. 85(2): 259 (1982), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Colombia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Small, R.L. & Hickey, R.J. 2001. Systematics of the northern Andean Isoetes karstenii complex. American Fern Journal 91(2): 41–69. DOI: 10.1640/0002-8444(2001)091[0041:SOTNAI]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Isoetes fuliginosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 May 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Isoetes fuliginosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Isoetes fuliginosa. Published online. Accessed: 30 May 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Isoetes fuliginosa Accessed: 30 May 2026. Reference page.