Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Spiny-Spore Quillwort
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,335 meters (0 to 7,661 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:
tenella
- L?man ex Desv.
- Botanical name: - Isoetes tenella Lman ex Desv. L?man ex Desv.
- Specific epithet:
tenella
- L?man ex Desv.
- Genus:
Isoetes
(
- Family:
Isoetaceae
(
- Order:
Isoetales
(
- Class:
Lycopodiopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Lycophytae
(
- Subphylum:
Lycophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Isoetes braunii Durieu • Isoetes echinospora asiatica< /i> (Makino) A. Löve • Isoetes echinospora Durieu • Isoetes echinospora muricata< /i> (Durieu) A. & D. Löve • Isoetes echinospora var. asiatica Makino • Isoetes echinospora var. braunii (Durieu) Engelm. • Isoetes echinospora var. hesperia (C. F. Reed) A. Löve • Isoetes echinospora var. muricata (Durieu) Engelm. • Isoetes echinospora var. robusta Engelm. • Isoetes echinospora var. savilei Boivin • Isoetes muricata Durieu • Isoetes muricata var. braunii (Durieu) C. F. Reed • Isoetes muricata var. hesperia C. F. Reed • Isoetes setacea Lam. P. P. • Isoetes setacea muricata (Durieu) Holub
Notes
Publishing author : L?man ex Desv.
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
- Wisskirchen, R. & Haeupler, H. (1998a): Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands, Stuttgart: Ulmer
- Wisskirchen, R. and Haeupler, H. (1998a): Standardliste der Farn- und Bl&uuml;tenpflanzen Deutschlands, Stuttgart: Ulmer
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
- Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Herbarium
- Bundesamt für Naturschutz / Zentralstelle für Phytodiversität Deutschland: Bundesamt fuer Naturschutz / Zentralstelle fuer Phytodiversitaet Deutschland
- Burke Museum: Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
- GBIF-Spain: Aranzadi Zientzi Elkartea
- GBIF-Spain: Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
- GBIF-Spain: Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF
- GBIF-Spain: Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain: Jardi Botanic de Valencia: VAL
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Bilbao: Herbario BIO
- GBIF-Spain: Universitat de Girona: HGI-Cormophyta
- GBIF-Sweden: Gothenburg Herbarium - General (GBIF:IH:GB:Herbarium)
- GBIF-Sweden: Herbarium of Oskarshamn (OHN)
- GBIF-Sweden: Plants (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (AMNH)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Herbarium (ICEL)
- Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Observational database of Icelandic plants
- Institute of Nature Conservation PAS: National System of Proetcted Areas
- Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Vascular plant collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plant Herbarium, Oslo (O)
- Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Vascular Plants, Field notes, Oslo (O)
- Oregon State University: Vascular Plant Collection
- SysTax
- SysTax: Herbarium Universitat Ulm
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Botany registration database by Danish botanists
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular plant data for Scottish Vice-counties (VCs 80, 84, 103 & 104)
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Botanical Society of the British Isles - Vascular Plants Database
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
- University Museums of Norway (MUSIT)
- University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics: Herbarium (UNA)
- University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium (ALA)
- USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
- Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2671395
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-507546
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30012436-2
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 507546
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 30012436
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPISO01040
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ISSE4
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 44528
Footnotes
- Mean = 361.030 meters (1,184.482 feet), Standard Deviation = 380.260 based on 170 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
