Isoetes caroliniana, common name Carolina quillwort, is a wetlands plant native to the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It is an emergent plant found in lakes and bogs. It is closely related to I. georgiana (the Georgia quillwort) but can be distinguished by its unpigmented sporangium wall.[2]

Isoetes caroliniana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. caroliniana
Binomial name
Isoetes caroliniana
(A.A.Eaton) Luebke 1992
Synonyms[1]
  • Isoetes engelmannii var. caroliniana Eaton

Some sources[which?] regard it as a synonym of Isoetes valida,[3] but others treat it as a full species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hassler, Michael & Schmitt, Bernd (November 2019), "Isoetes caroliniana", Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, 8.11, retrieved 2019-11-18
  2. ^ Flora of North America vol 2.
  3. ^ "Isoetes caroliniana (A.A.Eaton) Luebke", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-11-18
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