Biology:Isoetes heldreichii

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Short description: Southern European species of quillwort

Isoetes heldreichii

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Lycophytes
Class: Lycopodiopsida
Order: Isoetales
Family: Isoetaceae
Genus: Isoetes
Species:
I. heldreichii
Binomial name
Isoetes heldreichii
Wettst.

Isoetes heldreichii, or Pindus quillwort, is a species of lycopod. It is critically endangered. Some think it extinct as it was last seen in 1885.[1][2]

Distribution

It is found in Central Greece.[1][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

It was described by Richard Wettstein in 1886.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17024220 entry