Isoetes macrospora

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Isoetes macrospora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. macrospora
Binomial name
Isoetes macrospora
Synonyms [1]
  • Isoetes heterosporaA.A. Eat.

Isoetes macrospora is a species of flowering plant in the family Isoetaceae . [1] It is sometimes referred to by the common name big-spore quillwort, [2] It can be found in the deep water of low nutrient lakes in the Precambrian Shield as well as in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Ontario. In the United States, it has been found in Minnesota and south, through the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia. [3] It bears 3 to 17 long, stiff dark green leaves, sometimes with recurving tips. The sporangium can be 5 millimeters long and 4 millimeters wide, covered from one sixth to one quarter by the velum. The triangular ligule can grow up to 2 millimeters long. The spherical, white megaspores are 400 to 800 micrometers in diameter, and bear ridges that form honeycomb-like areas. The kidney-shaped microspores are 32 to 50 micrometers long, each with evenly spaced smooth papillae. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Isoetes macrospora Durieu". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
  2. NRCS. "Isoetes macrospora". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 Cody, William; Britton, Donald (1989). Ferns and Fern Allies of Canada . Agriculture Canada.