Quillwort | Description, Taxonomy, Species, & Facts | Britannica
WEBQuillwort, family of about 250 species of seedless vascular plants of the order Isoetales. Quillworts are the only extant members of the order and are usually placed in a single genus. The plants are aquatic or semi-aquatic, and most are native to swampy, cooler parts of North America and Eurasia.
Isoetes - Wikipedia
WEBIsoetes, commonly known as the quillworts, is a genus of lycopod. It is the only living genus in the family Isoetaceae and order Isoetales. There are currently 192 recognized species, [1] with a cosmopolitan distribution mostly in aquatic habitats but with the individual species often scarce to rare.
Isoetes - Basic Biology
WEBMay 31, 2015 · Quillworts are vascular plants within the division Lycophyta. They form a class of plants called Isoetopsida which includes a single family called Isoetaceae. They are closely related to spikemosses and clubmosses. The Isoetes have an ancient evolution dating back to over 400 million years ago.
Isoetes lacustris - Wikipedia
WEBIsoetes lacustris, the lake quillwort or Merlin's grass, is a boreal quillwort native on both sides of the northern Atlantic Ocean. Synonyms include Isoetes hieroglyphica.
Family: Isoetaceae — quillwort family - Go Botany
WEBFamily: Isoetaceae — quillwort family. Quillworts are perennial herbs that grow underwater or in very wet conditions. The leaves are slender, elongate, and 4-46 cm long. They are spirally arranged and grow from a fleshy, flattened, 2-3 lobed corm roughly 1 cm wide.
Secrets of quillwort photosynthesis could boost crop efficiency
WEBNov 3, 2021 · A group of researchers, led by Boyce Thompson Institute’s Fay-Wei Li, have sequenced the first quillwort genome and uncovered some secrets of the plant’s unique method of photosynthesis – secrets that could eventually lead to the engineering of crops with more efficient use of water and carbon dioxide. Most plants breathe in carbon ...
Isoetes lacustris — lake quillwort - Go Botany
WEBLake quillwort grows, often completely submerged, in cold clear water of lakes and slow-moving streams, sometimes more than 10 feet (3 meters) below the water's surface.
Quillworts: Nuttall's Quillwort (Isoetes nuttallii) & Flowering ...
WEBNuttall’s quillwort (Isoetes nuttallii) belongs to the Lycopodiopsida, a class of plants that diverged in the Early Devonian Period, nearly 395 million years ago, about 150 million years before the evolution of flowering plants.
Isoetes melanopoda - Wikipedia
WEBIsoetes melanopoda is a species of nonflowering vascular plant belonging to the quillworts in the family Isoetaceae. [2] [3] Its common names include: black-footed quillwort, midland quillwort, [4] and prairie quillwort. [5] Description.
Louisiana Quillwort / Center For Plant Conservation
WEBJul 19, 1991 · The Louisiana quillwort is thought to be one of the rarest quillworts in North America and inhabits cool, clear creeks and roots in sand and gravel a few inches to a few feet under water. It appears to be dependent on small springs to provide water flow during dry seasons. Where is Louisiana Quillwort (Isoetes louisianensis) located in the wild?
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