Isoëtaceae

Description

250 spp.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

Growing form

Seedless rosette plants, mostly growing in shallow water.

Leaf

Leaves are spirally arranged and quill-like.

Sporangium

 A large saclike round-to-oblong sporangium is sunk into a pit on the inner surface of each leaf base.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

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Observations
  • Total squares
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Isoëtaceae
Author
Dumort.
Vernacular names
  • lahnanruohokasvit (Finnish)
  • braxengräsväxter (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.37707
Taxon rank
family
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
Total 2 species