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1. Isoëtes Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1100. 1753.

水韭属 shui jiu shu

Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family.


1 Plants emergent; microphylls 3-4.5 cm, ca. 1 mm wide; megaspores smooth.   5 I. hypsophila
+ Plants submerged or emergent; microphylls longer than (10-)15 cm, 1-10 mm wide; megaspores textured with spines, tubercles, or ridges   (2)
       
2 (1) Plants emergent; microphylls 1-2 mm wide; sporangia with white membranous velum cover   (3)
+ Plants submerged or emergent; microphylls 5-10 mm wide; sporangia without velum cover   (4)
       
3 (2) Roots without reddish sheathing mantle; cross section of microphylls more circular; microphylls with 3 or more intrastelar canals; lucunae thick-walled; megaspore proximal hemisphere spinulose to spinulose-cristate, distal hemisphere cristate.   1 I. sinensis
+ Roots with reddish sheathing mantle; cross section of microphylls oval; microphylls with 1 intrastelar canal; lucunae thin-walled; megaspore proximal hemisphere cristate, with muri irregularly anastomosing, distal hemisphere cristate-reticulate.   2 I. orientalis
       
4 (2) Plants submerged or emergent; microphylls 10-60 cm; megaspore proximal hemisphere rugulate-cristate with muri irregularly anastomosing, distal hemisphere cristate-reticulate.   3 I. yunguiensis
+ Plants emergent; microphylls 7-25 cm; megaspore proximal hemisphere tuberculate, distal hemisphere rugulate with rounded muri irregularly anastomosing.   4 I. taiwanensis

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