Isoetes aequinoctialis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Isoetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Lycopodiophyta Classis: Lycopodiopsida Subclassis: Isoetidae Ordo: Isoetales

Isoetes aequinoctialis Welw. ex A.Braun in Kuhn,f. Afr. 195 (1868).

Typus: ‘Angola. In pascuis arenosis humidiusculis silvaticis inter Pungo Andogo et Sansamanda non procul a ripa fluminis Cuanza, 1857’, F.M.J. Welwitsch 50 (Holotypus: B 20 0107116, isotypi: BM, K 000351299, K 000351300, LISU, P 00466571).

Homotypic
- Isoetes aequinoctialis Welw. ex A.Braun, Sitzungsber. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin 1867: 7 (1867). nom. nud.
- Calamaria aequinoctialis (Welw. ex A.Braun) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 828 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Isoetes erongensis Wanntorp, Svensk Bot. Tidsskr. 64: 150 (1970).
  - Typus: ‘South West Africa [Namibia], Karibib District, ‘Ameib’, ± 25 km northwest of Usakos', H. Wanntorp & H.E. Wanntorp 992 (Holotypus: S, isotypus: PRE 0074327).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Ghana, Mali. Regional: East Tropical Africa Tanzania. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (Northern Cape), Namibia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Troìa, A., Pereira, J.B.S., Kim, C. & Taylor, W.C. 2016. The genus Isoetes (Isoetaceae): a provisional checklist of the accepted and unresolved taxa. Phytotaxa 277(2): 101–145. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.277.2.1 ResearchGate Reference page.
Roux, J.P. 2009. Synopsis of the Lycopodiophyta and Pteridophyta of Africa, Madagascar and neighbouring islands. Strelitzia 23: 1–296. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-48-8. ARK: /t0ps2bc93 PDF Reference page.