Isoetes australis is quillwort (in the family, Isoetaceae) and was first described in 1943 by Samuel Williams.[1][2]

Isoetes australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. australis
Binomial name
Isoetes australis
S.Williams[1]

It is endemic to south-west Western Australia,[3] where it is found in ephemeral pools on granite outcrops.[4] The plants begin to grow during winter when the pools fill with water and die back completely when the water dries up (late spring / summer).[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Isoetes australis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. ^ Samuel Williams (1944). "I.—On Isoetes australis S. Williams, a New Species from Western Australia. Part I. General Morphology". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B: Biology. 62 (01): 1–8. doi:10.1017/S0080455X00011747. ISSN 0080-455X. Wikidata Q54800938.
  3. ^ "Isoetes australis S.Williams | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b R.J. Chinnock (20 February 2020). "Isoetes australis". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 June 2022.