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Learn more about Isoetes from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Lycophytes: Isoetales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Isoetes virginica
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Isoetes virginica
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Isoetes virginica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 005-01-001?:
Isoetes melanopoda
FAMILY
Isoetaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Isoetes virginica
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Quillwort
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Peter Schafran psc_virg1
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Scanning electron micrograph of megaspore equatorial surface at 100X
Megaspores cream colored or white, tuberculate, 440-470 micra in diameter, per Synopsis of Isoetes in the Southeastern United States. Castanea (Boom, 1982).