Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Blackfoot Quillwort
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 649 meters (0 to 2,129 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:
melanopoda
- J.Gay
- Botanical name: - Isoetes melanopoda J.Gay
- Specific epithet:
melanopoda
- J.Gay
- Genus:
Isoetes
(
- Family:
Isoetaceae
(
- Order:
Isoetales
(
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
(
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Calamaria melanopoda (J.Gay) Kuntze
Notes
Publishing author : J.Gay
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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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: 2644409
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-17135
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13728334
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130563-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 17135
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 1161003-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPISO010D0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ISME
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44553
Footnotes
- Mean = 196.140 meters (643.504 feet), Standard Deviation = 150.000 based on 173 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
