Isoetes gigantea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes gigantea

Name

Isoetes gigantea U.Weber, Hedwigia 63(2): 245 (1922).

• Typus: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Serro dos Orgaos, Morro Assu, Hochmoor bei Isabelloca, 2,000 m, 1915, Luetzelburg 6438, (Holotypus: M, isotypus: M)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast (Rio de Janeiro). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Primary references

• Weber, U. 1922. Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Gattung Isoëtes L. Hedwigia 63(2): 219–262. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fuchs-Eckert, H.P. 1982. Zur heutigen Kenntnis von Vorkommen und Verbreitung der südamerikanischen Isoëtes-Arten. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. C 85(2): 205–260. Issuu. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2018. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.44 – May 2018. Accessed 31 May (2018).
• Tropicos.org 2018. Isoetes gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 5 2018.