Pteridophyta

Isoetaceae - Quillwort family

Literature

Burrows, J.E. (1990) Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton.

Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13

Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta FZ

Description of the family

Terrestrial, heterosporous plants, occurring in aquatic or seasonally wet habitats. Stem 2- or 3-lobed. Leaves in a rosette; leaf base spathulate with a membranous margin and a delicate triangular ligule on adaxial surface where leaf narrows.

Worldwide: 1 genus and c.150 species, cosmopolitan apart from the Pacific Islands.

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Links to genera: (1)

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Isoetes L.

Other sources of information about Isoetaceae:

GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Isoetaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Family page: Isoetaceae.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=111, retrieved 3 September 2010

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