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INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae

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 Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isoetes melanospora

COMMON NAME:
Black-spored Quillwort

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Peter Schafran    psc_mel1

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

Isoetes submerged in pool.

Peter Schafran    psc_mel2

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

Isoetes submerged in pool.

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. Tipularia (Musselman, 2001).

Peter Schafran    psc_mel4

May    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain

Scanning electron micrograph of megaspore proximal surface at 100X.

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. Castanea (Boom, 1982).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes melanospora   FAMILY Isoetaceae

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 Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Isoetes melanospora