Isoetes alpina

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes alpina

Name

Isoetes alpina Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 7: 377, plate XXV. 1875 (as Isoetes alpinus).

• Typus: New Zealand, South Island, Lake Guyon, Nelson, 1872, F. W. Hutton & W. T. L. Travers (WELT)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calamaria alpina (Kirk) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 828 (1891).
  • Isoetes kirkii var. alpina (Kirk) C.R.Marsden & Chinnock in Marsden, Morphol Taxon. Isoëtes. 1979, comb. inval.
• Heterotypic
  • Isoetes multiangularis Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 449 (1890).
    • Typus: New Zealand, North Island, “In sheltered bays, Lake Taupo, in 2ft.–10ft. water with sandy bottom”, C. J. Norton

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kirk, T. 1875. Description of a new species of Isoetes. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 7: 377. BHL Reference page. 
• Colenso, W. 1889. A Description of Two Newly-discovered Indigenous Cryptogamic Plants. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 449–452. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hofstra, D. & de Winton, M. 2016. Geographic scales of genetic variation amongst Isoëtes in New Zealand. Aquatic Botany 131: 28–37. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.02.004 Reference page.  (challenging species status of I. alpina)
• Johnson, E.R.L. Comments on the type of Isoetes alpinus. JSTOR Global Plants. Sheet K 001094249.

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2017. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.18 – August 2017. Accessed 21 Aug 2017.