Isoetes tegetiformans

Taxonavigation

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

Isoetes tegetiformans Rury, Amer. Fern J. 68(4): 100 (1978).

Type: United States, Georgia, Heggies Rock, 3.8 mi E from Columbia Junior High School along Georgia Rte. 232 and County Road 2122, Columbia County, Georgia, 110 m elev., 33°32'30"N Lat., 82°15'05"W Long., 21 Jan 1978; solitary, dense, matforming population growing in a 2–4 cm thick layer of fine, siliceous soil in a S-facing pool ca. 20 m² and 30 cm deep containing water with a circumneutral pH, P.M. Rury & M. Treiber 259 (Holotype: NCU; Isotypes: B, BH, BM, DUKE, F, GA, GH, K 001094243, KYO, MASS, MICH, NY, UNCC, US).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Georgia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Rury, P.M. 1978. A new and unique, mat-forming Merlin's-grass (Isoetes) from Georgia. American Fern Journal 68(4): 99–108. JSTOR BHL 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.

English: Merlin's Grass