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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.
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Plants emergent; microphylls 3-4.5 cm, ca. 1 mm wide; megaspores smooth. |
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5 I. hypsophila |
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Plants submerged or emergent; microphylls longer than (10-)15 cm, 1-10 mm wide; megaspores textured with spines, tubercles, or ridges |
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2 (1) |
Plants emergent; microphylls 1-2 mm wide; sporangia with white membranous velum cover |
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Plants submerged or emergent; microphylls 5-10 mm wide; sporangia without velum cover |
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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. |
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1 I. sinensis |
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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. |
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2 I. orientalis |
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Plants submerged or emergent; microphylls 10-60 cm; megaspore proximal hemisphere rugulate-cristate with muri irregularly anastomosing, distal hemisphere cristate-reticulate. |
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3 I. yunguiensis |
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Plants emergent; microphylls 7-25 cm; megaspore proximal hemisphere tuberculate, distal hemisphere rugulate with rounded muri irregularly anastomosing. |
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4 I. taiwanensis |
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Lower Taxa
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