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Isoetes alpina Kirk

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Isoetes alpina Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 7: 377, t. 25 (1875)
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. 1985: A revised classification of New Zealand pteridophytes with a synonymic checklist of species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23(3): 431–489.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. (2018)

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Kirk
Kirk
Kirk, T. 1875: Description of a new species of Isoëtes. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 7: 377.
1875
377, t. 25
ICN
Isoetes alpina Kirk
species
Isoetes alpina
From the Latin alpinus (alpine), a reference to the habitat of this species that includes alpine tarns.
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey et al. 2018): Lake Guyon, W.T.L. Travers s.n., WELT P003771!

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Lycopodiopsida
Isoetales
Isoetaceae
Isoetes
alpina

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Isoetes alpina Kirk

Submerged, axis short, deeply 3-lobed; lvs up to 75, 15 cm. to 5 dm. long, slender, dark green. Sporangia about oblong, up to 5 mm. long, megaspores greyish, smooth or obscurely tubercled; microspores ∞, minute.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Isoetes alpina Kirk

2n = 22

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Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Brownsey, P.J.; Given, D.R.; Lovis, J.D. (1985)
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Isoetes L.
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
Isoetes alpina Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Isoetes alpina Kirk

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Isoetes alpina Kirk
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Isoetes alpina Kirk
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Isoetes alpina Kirk
New Zealand
Fiordland
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Isoetes alpina Kirk
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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New Zealand
Otago Land District
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New Zealand
Southland Land District
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New Zealand
Westland Land District
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typification
Lectotype (selected by Brownsey et al. 2018): Lake Guyon, W.T.L. Travers s.n., WELT P003771!
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R.; Field, A.R. 2018: Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in Isoetaceae and Lycopodiaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 56(4): 396–405.
Etymology
From the Latin alpinus (alpine), a reference to the habitat of this species that includes alpine tarns.
Brownsey, P.J.; Perrie, L.R. 2018: Isoetaceae. In: Breitwieser, I.; Wilton, A.D. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand — Ferns and Lycophytes. Fascicle 25. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.

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1 January 2000
19 September 2018
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