Isoetes phrygia

Taxonavigation

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

Isoetes phrygia (Boiss.) Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, ser. 2, 13/14: 72 (1899).

Basionym
- Isoetes histrix var. phrygia Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 748 (1884).
  - Lectotype (designated by Troia & Greuter 2015: 399): collines rocheuses dominant le village de Kaïageul, à 2 lieues au SO d’Ouchak (Phrygie), 30 May 1857, Balansa, Pl. d’Orient 1327 (G-BOIS 330495; isolectotypes: G 430491 & 430492, NAP, P 214770 & 214771).
Misapplied names
- Isoetes velata auct. fl. graec. non Isoetes velata A.Braun in Bory & Durieu, Expl. Sci. Algérie, Atlas: tab. 37, fig. 1, (1849).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Kriti. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Türkiye. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Haussknecht, H.C. 1899. Symbolae ad floram graecam. Aufzählung der im Sommer 1885 in Griechenland gesammelten Pflanzen [Schluss]. Mitteilungen des Thüringischen Botanischen Vereins, Neue Folge 13/14: 18–77. BHL Reference page.
Boissier, P.E. 1884. Flora Orientalis sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto and Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. Volumen quintum. Fasciculus secundus. Monocotyledonearum pars posterior Gymnospearme. Acotyledoneae vasculares. Pp. 429–868. Genevae, Basileae & Lugduni: H. Georg. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page.

Troìa, A. & Greuter, W. 2015. A conspectus of and key to Greek Isoetes (Isoetaceae), based on a reassessment of Haussknecht’s gatherings of 1885. Willdenowia 45(3): 391–403. DOI: 10.3372/wi.45.45303 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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Isoetes phrygia 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Isoetes phrygia. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jun 2026. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2026. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Isoetes phrygia Accessed: 5 Jun 2026. Reference page.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Isoetes phrygia in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2026 Jun 5.Reference page.