Isoetes valida, commonly known as the strong quillwort or true quillwort, is an aquatic lycophyte native to eastern North America. It is found primarily in the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania south to Alabama and Georgia. In addition, one collection of the plant was made in a railway ditch in Wilmington, Delaware in the 1860s, but this was most likely an accidental introduction.[3][4]
| Isoetes valida | |
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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. valida
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| Binomial name | |
| Isoetes valida (Engelm.) Clute
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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I. engelmannii var. valida | |
Some sources consider Isoetes caroliniana a synonym of this species,[5] others regard it as a separate species.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Isoetes valida". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-12-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Isoetes valida". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ Brunton, Daniel F.; Britton, Donald M. (1996), "Taxonomy and Distribution of Isoetes valida", American Fern Journal, 86 (1), American Fern Society: 16–25, doi:10.2307/1547604, JSTOR 1547604
- ^ Taylor, W. Carl; Luebke, Neil T.; Britton, Donald M.; Hickey, R. James; Brunton, Daniel F. (1993), "Isoetes caroliniana", Flora of North America, vol. 2, New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ "Isoetes caroliniana (A.A.Eaton) Luebke", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-18
- ^ Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019). "Isoetes caroliniana". Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. 8.11. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
External links
edit- Profile at USDA PLANTS Database
- Range Map from Flora of North America
- Illustration from Flora of North America (under the synonym Isoetes caroliniana)
- wikiPlants - Isoetes valida (Engelm.) Clute[permanent dead link]
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