Isoetes melanotheca

Isoetes melanotheca

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes melanotheca

Name

Isoetes melanotheca Alston, Bol. Soc. Broter. Ser. 2A, 30: 16 (1956).

• Typus: ‘Fr. Guinea: dans la terre sursaturée entre les flaques d’eau, Sériba ro Sambailo’, A.A.L. Pitot s.n. (Holotypus: P 00466536, isotypi: P 00466537, BM).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea-Bissau, Guinea. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Isoetes melanotheca.
• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2017. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.20 – October 2017. Accessed 26 Oct 2017.

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