Isoetes caroliniana, common name Carolina quillwort, is a wetlands plant native to the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It is an emergent plant found in lakes and bogs. It is closely related to I. georgiana (the Georgia quillwort) but can be distinguished by its unpigmented sporangium wall.[2]
| Isoetes caroliniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Lycophytes |
| Class: | Lycopodiopsida |
| Order: | Isoetales |
| Family: | Isoetaceae |
| Genus: | Isoetes |
| Species: | I. caroliniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Isoetes caroliniana (A.A.Eaton) Luebke 1992
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Some sources[which?] regard it as a synonym of Isoetes valida,[3] but others treat it as a full species.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Isoetes caroliniana", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-11-18
- ^ Flora of North America vol 2.
- ^ "Isoetes caroliniana (A.A.Eaton) Luebke", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-18
External links
edit- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in North Carolina in 1893, type specimen for Isoëtes caroliniana/Isoëtes engelmannii var. caroliniana includes scanning electron microscope photos of male and female spores
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