Isoetes andina

Taxonavigation[edit]

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

Isoetes andina Spruce ex Hook., Brit. Ferns, ad t. 55 (1861).

Typus: Paramo de Naba, Quitinian Andes, Oct 1858, Spruce s.n. (Holotypus: K, isotypi: B, UPS-fragment).

Homotypic
- Isoetes andina Spruce ex Motelay & Vendryès, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 36: 325 (1883). nom. superfl., pro syn.
Heterotypic
- Isoetes triquetra A.Braun, Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenburg 3(4): 332 (1862).
  - Typus: in pascuis humidis, Sachapata (am östlichen Abhang der Cordillera von Peru), Lechler 3337 (Holotypus: B).
  - Calamaria triquetra (A.Braun) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 828 (1891).
  - Isoetes lechleri var. triquetra (A.Braun) L.D.Gómez, Brenesia 18: 5 (1980).
- Isoetes triquetra var. dissimilis G.Rodr., Bol. Mus. Cienc. Nat., Caracas 1: 59 (1955). (as “I. t. var dissimile”, auto-corrected under Art. 62.4 ICN)
  - Typus: Venezuela, Edo. Merida, laguna de Mucubaji, 3500 m, 21 Dec 1955, Rodríguez 316 (Holotypus: VEN).

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

Hickey, R.J. 1986. On the Identity of Isoëtes triquetra A. Braun. Taxon 35(2): 243–246. 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.
Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2018. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.43 – April 2018. Accessed 17 May 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Isoetes andina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 5 2018.