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Fam.: Isoetaceae / Quillwort Fam.  

Genus:  Isoetes  L.

Isoëtes histrix is a Quillwort which grows ashore in the Mediterranean. It is a low plant similar to clubmosses.


Authors:
   BORY:  Jean Baptiste Georges Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780 - 1846), French general and botanist
   DURIEU:  Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve (1796 - 1878), French soldier and botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Isoetes:   Greek plant name, from isos = equal, etos = year
   histrix:   porcupine
 

Isoetes histrix / Land Quillwort, D  20.5.2023
Fig. 1:  Isoetes histrix / Land Quillwort (cultiv.)
D 20.5.2023
Isoetes histrix / Land Quillwort, D  20.5.2023
Fig. 2:  Isoetes histrix / Land Quillwort (cultiv.)
D 20.5.2023

 


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