Isoetes heldreichii, or Pindus quillwort, is a species of lycopod. It is critically endangered. Some think it extinct as it was last seen in 1885.[1][2]

Isoetes heldreichii

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. heldreichii
Binomial name
Isoetes heldreichii

Distribution

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It is found in Central Greece.[1][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

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It was described by Richard Wettstein in 1886.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Christenhusz, M.; Lansdown, R.V.; Bento Elias, R.; Dyer, R.; Ivanenko, Y.; Rouhan, G.; Rumsey, F.; Väre, H. (2017). "Isoetes heldreichii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T175294A85430949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T175294A85430949.en. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Isoetes heldreichii Wettst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ Troia, Angelo; Greuter, Werner (October 2015). "A conspectus of and key to Greek Isoetes (Isoetaceae), based on a reassessment of Haussknecht's gatherings of 1885". Willdenowia. 45 (3): 391–403. doi:10.3372/wi.45.45303. hdl:10447/172356. S2CID 85927545.
  4. ^ "Isoetes heldreichii". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  5. ^ "Isoetes heldreichii - Wettst". eunis.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  6. ^ "Isoetes heldreichii (Pindus quillwort) - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database (REPAD). Retrieved 2021-05-27.