Isoetes virginica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: Isoetes virginica

Name

Isoetes virginica N.Pfeiff., Claytonia 3: 29 (1937).

• Type locality: Augusta county, Virginia, Lloyd G. Carr & Edgar T. Wherry

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Isoetes virginica var. piedmontana N.Pfeiff., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 66: 411 (1939). (JSTOR)
    • Typus: “Georgia: shallow soil about granite outcrops, Echols Mill 12 miles n.e. of Lexington, Oglethorpe Co., Feb. 15, 1938, Pyron & McVaugh 2062, and April 4, 1938, Pyron & McVaugh 2422”
    • Isoetes piedmontana (N.Pfeiff.) C.F.Reed, Phytologia 12: 392 (1965).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Georgia, North Caolina, South Carolina, Virginia. 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. 

Links

• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: Virginia Quillwort