Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Appalachian Quillwort, Engelmann's Quillwort
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,092 meters (0 to 3,583 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
()
- Bartl.
- Order:
Isoetales
()
- Prantl, 1874
- Family:
Isoetaceae
()
- Reichenbach f., 1828
- quillworts
- Genus:
Isoetes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
engelmannii
- A.Braun
- Botanical name: - Isoetes engelmannii A.Braun
- Specific epithet:
engelmannii
- A.Braun
- Genus:
Isoetes
(
- Family:
Isoetaceae
(
- Order:
Isoetales
(
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
(
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Calamaria engelmannii (A.Braun) Kuntze • Isoetes echinospora maritima< /i> (Underwood) A. Löve • Isoetes echinospora var. maritima (Underwood) A. A. Eat. • Isoetes muricata maritima (Underwood) Hultén • Isoetes pseudotruncata D. M. Britton & D. F. Brunton
Notes
Publishing author : A.Braun
Similar Species
Members of the genus Isoetes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 68 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
I. acadiensis (Acadian Quillwort) · I. appalachiana (Appalachian Quillwort) · I. bolanderi (Bolander Quillwort) · I. bolanderi var. bolanderi (Bolander's Quillwort) · I. boomii (Boom's Quillwort) · I. brittonii (Britton's Quillwort) · I. butleri (Butler's Quillwort) · I. dodgei (Dodge's Quillwort) · I. eatonii (Eaton's Quillwort) · I. echinospora Durieu var. echinospora Durieu (Spiny-Spored Quillwort) · I. echinospora var. brittoni (Spiny-Spored Quillwort) · I. echinospora var. flettii (Spiny-Spored Quillwort) · I. engelmannii (Appalachian Quillwort) · I. engelmannii var. engelmannii (Engelmann's Quillwort) · I. flaccida (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun var. alata N.E.Pfeiffer (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun var. chapmanii Engelm. (Chapman's Quillwort) · I. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun var. flaccida Shuttlw. ex A.Braun (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. alata (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. chapmanii (Chapman's Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. flaccida (Southern Quillwort) · I. flaccida var. rigida (Southern Quillwort) · I. foveolata (Quillwort) · I. georgiana (Georgia Quillwort) · I. harveyi (Harvey's Quillwort) · I. hawaiiensis (Hawai'i Quillwort) · I. heterospora (Quillwort) · I. hickeyi (Hickey's Quillwort) · I. howellii (Howell's Quillwort) · I. hyemalis (Evergreenquillwort) · I. jeffreyi (Jeffrey's Quillwort) · I. junciformis (Rush Quillwort) · I. lacustris (Lake Quillwort) · I. lithophila (Rock Quillwort) · I. louisianensis (Louisiana Quillwort) · I. maritima (Maritime Quillwort) · I. melanopoda (Blackfoot Quillwort) · I. melanospora (Black-Spored Quillwort) · I. nuttallii (Nuttall's Quillwort) · I. nuttallii var. nuttallii (Nuttall's Quillwort) · I. occidentalis (Lake Quillwort) · I. olympica (Olympic Quillwort) · I. orcuttii (Orcutt's Quillwort) · I. piedmontana (Peidmont Quillwort) · I. prototypus (Spike Quillwort) · I. riparia (Riverbank Quillwort) · I. riparia var. amesii (Ames' Quillwort) · I. riparia var. amesii (A.A.Eat.) Proctor (Ames' Quillwort) · I. riparia var. riparia (Shore Quillwort) · I. riparia var. riparia Engelm. ex A.Braun (Quillwort) · I. saccharata (Riverbank Quillwort) · I. setacea (Spring Quillwort) · I. tegetiformans (Mat-Forming Quillwort) · I. tenella (Spiny-Spore Quillwort) · I. truncata (Quillwort) · I. tuckermanii (Tuckerman's Quillwort) · I. valida (Strong Quillwort) · I. velata var. boryana (Nnari) · I. virginica (Virginia Quillwort) · I. × brittonii (Britton's Quillwort) · I. x dodgei (Dodge's Quillwort) · I. x eatonii (Eaton's Quillwort) · I. x foveolata (Pitted Quillwort) · I. x harveyi (Harvey's Quillwort) · I. x heterospora (Quillwort) · I. × hickeyi (Hickey's Quillwort) · I. × jeffreyi (Jeffrey's Quillwort) · I. x truncata (Truncate Quillwort)
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Further Reading
- A college text-book of Botany, being an enlargement of the author's "Elementary Botany." New York, Holt, 1905. url p. 289.
- A college text-book of botany: being an enlargement of the author's "Elementary botany, " / by George Francis Atkinson. New York: Henry Holt and Company1905. url p. 289.
- A college text-book of botany; being an enlargement of the author's "Elementary botany." New York: Holt, 1908 [c1905] url p. 289.
- Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 42 - 46 1973 - 19 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 14, p. 2, p. 2, p. 71.
- Elementary botany. New York, Holt, 1908. url p. 196.
- Elementary botany. New York: H. Holt, [c1905] url .
- Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 48.
- Ferns and fern allies of Canada / [Ottawa]: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1989. url p. 417.
- Lessons in botany. New York, H. Holt and company, 1900. url , p. 181.
- Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 11 2001 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 200, p. 204.
- Phytologia. 12 1965 - 19 Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 375, p. 380, p. 382.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url , p. 513, p. 518, p. 628, p. 634, p. 640, p. 67, p. 68, p. 69, p. 92.
- The changing Illinois environment: critical trends: technical report of the Critical Trends Assessment Project. Springfield, Ill.: Ill. Dept. of Energy and Natural Resources, 1994. url p. 111.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 188, p. 43, p. 45, p. 48.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 21, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2644404
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-17127
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13728329
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130520-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 17127
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1012718-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPISO01050
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ISENG2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44538
Footnotes
- Mean = 280.230 meters (919.390 feet), Standard Deviation = 242.390 based on 296 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
