Isoetes palmeri

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 palmeri

Name

Isoetes palmeri H.P.Fuchs, Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C. 84(2): 168 (1981).

• Typus: ‘‘Venezuela; Laguna Grande de Apartaderos, Mérida, floating on water, 21 January 1929’’ Pittier 13242 (Holotypus: US; isotypi: G, M, MO, VEN).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Isoetes cleefii H.P.Fuchs, Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C. 84(2): 177 (1981).
    • Typus: ‘‘Colombia, Cundinamarca: Páramo de Sumapaz, páramo y bosque alto-andino cerca de Lagunitas al S. de San Juan. Laguna Gobernador: orilla W.’’ Cleef 8308 (Holotypus: COL; isotypus COL).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Venezuela (Merida). Regional: Western South America Ecuador (Chimborazo), Colombia (Arauca, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fuchs-Eckert, H.P. 1981. Isoëtes Palmeri H. P. Fuchs, eine neue Isoëtes-Art des Páramo. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C, Biological and medical sciences 84(2): 165–174. PDF Reference page. 
• Fuchs-Eckert, H.P. 1981. Isoëtes Cleefii H. P. Fuchs, eine weitere neue Isoëtes-Art aus dem kolumbianischen Páramo. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series C, Biological and medical sciences 84(2): 175–182. PDF Reference page. 

Additional 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. 
• 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 palmeri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jun 5. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2026. Isoetes palmeri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jun 2026. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Isoetes palmeri. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jun 2026. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Isoetes palmeri Accessed: 5 Jun 2026. Reference page.

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