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Isoetes hieroglyphica

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Class
  
Isoetopsida

Family
  
Isoetaceae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Lycopodiophyta

Order
  
Isoetales

Genus
  
Isoetes

Similar
  
Isoetes tegetiformans, Isoetes louisianensis, Isoetes melanospora, Isoetes engelmannii, Isoetes howellii

Isoetes hieroglyphica is a species of quillwort in the Isoetaceae family. It can be found in lakes of Quebec, New Brunswick, Maine, and Wisconsin, though relatively few of these species have been found and the distribution is poorly understood. It bears 7 to 15 leaves, each 5 to 11 centimeters long. Sporangium can be 5 millimeters long and 3 millimeters wide, covered about one third by the velum. White, spherical megaspores are 580 to 700 micrometers in diameter, their rounded ridges forming a network. The relatively smooth kidney-shaped microspores are 37 to 45 micrometers long.

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Isoetes hieroglyphica Wikipedia