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Isoetes brevicula

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Isoetes brevicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. brevicula
Binomial name
Isoetes brevicula

Isoetes brevicula is a quillwort species native to Western Australia. It is a cormous, perennial, herb or (fern ally), to 1 cm (0.39 in) high, stock 3-lobed; leaves 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long; mature megaspores greyish white when dry. Submerged in rock pools on granitic outcrops.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Isoetes brevicula J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 67:34-35 (1984)