Isoetes brevicula is a quillwort species native to Western Australia. It is a cormous, perennial, herb or (fern ally), to 1 cm (0.39 in) high, stock 3-lobed; leaves 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long; mature megaspores greyish white when dry. Submerged in rock pools on granitic outcrops.[1]
Isoetes brevicula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Lycophytes |
Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
Order: | Isoetales |
Family: | Isoetaceae |
Genus: | Isoetes |
Species: | I. brevicula
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Binomial name | |
Isoetes brevicula |
References
edit- ^ Isoetes brevicula J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 67:34-35 (1984)