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Lycophytes: Isoetales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Isoetes melanospora

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Isoetes melanospora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Georgia Quillworts (Musselman, 2001)

Isoetes melanospora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 005-01-001?:

Isoetes melanopoda   FAMILY Isoetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Isoetes melanospora

 

COMMON NAME:
Black-spored Quillwort


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image of Isoetes melanospora, Black-spored Quillwort

Peter Schafran    psc_mel1

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

Isoetes submerged in pool.

image of Isoetes melanospora, Black-spored Quillwort

Peter Schafran    psc_mel2

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

Isoetes submerged in pool.

image of Isoetes melanospora, Black-spored Quillwort

Peter Schafran    psc_mel3

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

The name refers to the color of the megaspores, which are esp dark when wet, per Georgia Quillworts (Musselman, 2001).

image of Isoetes melanospora, Black-spored Quillwort

Peter Schafran    psc_mel4

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

Scanning electron micrograph of megaspore proximal surface at 100X.

image of Isoetes melanospora, Black-spored Quillwort

Peter Schafran    psc_mel5

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain. Scanning electron micrograph of megaspore distal surface at 200X

Megaspores black, tuberculate, 280-440 micra in diameter, per Synopsis of Isoetes in the Southeastern United States (Boom, 1982).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Isoetes melanospora

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Isoetes melanospora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Georgia Quillworts (Musselman, 2001)
Isoetes melanospora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 005-01-001?:
Isoetes melanopoda   FAMILY Isoetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Isoetes melanospora

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2382

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: In pools on granite flatrocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Leaves 2-ranked when young, whorled at maturity

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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