Isoetes australis

Isoetes australis is quillwort (in the family, Isoetaceae) and was first described in 1943 by Samuel Williams.[1][2]

Isoetes australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. australis
Binomial name
Isoetes australis
S.Williams[1]

It is endemic to south-west Western Australia,[3] where it is found in ephemeral pools on granite outcrops.[4] The plants begin to grow during winter when the pools fill with water and die back completely when the water dries up (late spring / summer).[4]

References

  1. "Isoetes australis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Samuel Williams (1944). "I.—On Isoetes australis S. Williams, a New Species from Western Australia. Part I. General Morphology". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B: Biology. 62 (01): 1–8. doi:10.1017/S0080455X00011747. ISSN 0080-455X. Wikidata Q54800938.
  3. "Isoetes australis S.Williams | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. R.J. Chinnock (20 February 2020). "Isoetes australis". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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