Biology:Isoetes australis

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Short description: Western Australian species of quillwort

Isoetes australis
Isoetes australis - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. australis
Binomial name
Isoetes australis
S.Williams[1]

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

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. 1.0 1.1 "Isoetes australis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/116311. 
  2.  , Wikidata Q54800938
  3. "Isoetes australis S.Williams | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77186917-1. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 R.J. Chinnock (2020-02-20). "Isoetes australis". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Isoetes%20australis. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17024244 entry