Interesting Facts
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:
pygmaea
- Engelm.
- Botanical name: - Isoetes pygmaea Engelm.
- Specific epithet:
pygmaea
- Engelm.
- Genus:
Isoetes
(
- Family:
Isoetaceae
(
- Order:
Isoetales
(
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
(
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Calamaria pygmaea (Engelm.) Kuntze • Isoetes bolanderi var. pygmaea Clute
Notes
Publishing author : Engelm.
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 report upon the boreal flora of the Sierra Nevada of California / by Frank Jason Smiley. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1921. url p. 80.
- Flora of the Yellowstone National Park / by Frank Tweedy. Washington, D.C.: Published by the author, 1886. url p. 75, p. 75.
- Our native ferns and their allies: with synoptical descriptions of the American Pteridophyta north of Mexico / by Lucien Marcus Underwood. New York: H. Holt, 1896, c1888. url p. 65.
- Our native ferns and their allies; with synoptical descriptions of the American "Pteridophyta" north of Mexico. New York, Holt, 1888. url p. 63.
- The fern allies of North America north of Mexico, New York, F. A. Stokes company[1905] url p. 258.
- University of California publications in botany. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1902-2001. url p. 80.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2782514
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4028245
