Isoetes caroliniana

Isoetes caroliniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Lycopodiophyta
Class: Isoetopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species: I. caroliniana
Binomial name
Isoetes caroliniana
(Eaton) Luebke 1992
Synonyms[1]
  • Isoëtes caroliniana (Eaton) Luebke 1992
  • Isoetes engelmannii var. caroliniana Eaton 1900
  • Isoëtes engelmannii var. caroliniana Eaton 1900

Isoëtes 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 Luebke (the Georgia quillwort) but can be distinguished by its unpigmented sporangium wall.[2]

The two dots over the first e in the name indicate that the o and the e are two be pronounced in separate syllables. This is optional; either spelling is equally correct.[3]

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