Isoetes killipii

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

Isoetes killipii C.V.Morton, Amer. Fern J. 35: 49 (1945).

Typus: Colombia, Department of El Cauca, Valley of Eio Cocuy, western slopes of the Paramo de Purace, Central Cordillera, on a steep wet bank at 3,200 to 3,400 meters elevation, May 26, 1944, E.P. Killip & F.C. Lehmann 38536 (Holotypus: US, isotypi: COL 000006184, COL 000006185, GH 00021431).

Heterotypic
- Isoetes roncadorensis H.P.Fuchs 1981, nom. nud.
- Isoetes roraimensis H.P.Fuchs 1981, nom. nud.

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

Morton, C.V. 1945. A new species of Isoetes from Colombia. American Fern Journal 35(2): 48–49. BHL JSTOR 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.

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