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quillwort
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quillwort, common name for several species of the plant genus Isoetes, which grow in ponds, slow streams, and swampy places. See Lycopodiophyta Lycopodiophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of the organisms commonly called club mosses and quillworts. As in other vascular plants, the sporophyte, or spore-producing phase, is the conspicuous generation, and the gametophyte, or gamete-producing
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quillwort [′kwil‚wȯrt]
(botany)
The common name for plants of the genusIsoetes.
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ISOETACEAE Reichenbach ISOETES Linnaeus Quillworts Plants arising from the ground in tufts; stems a corm; leaves quill-like, 1-3 dm long and 1-3 mm wide; heterosporous with sporangia on the adaxial leaf bases.
Pteridophytes of southeast Alabama: Dichotomous keys, illustrations ... by Woods, Michael; Diamond, Alvin R., Jr / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
ISOETES {eye-so-EE-teez} Linnaeus 1753 * Quillworts * [Greek isos, equal, and etos, year; in reference to evergreen habit of some members of this genus.
PTERIDOPHYTES OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS by Spaulding, Daniel D.; Whetstone, R. David; Ballard, J. Mark / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
 
 
 
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