Unraveling the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Isoetes histrix Bory species complex (Isoetaceae, Lycopodiidae)

Authors

SIMONETTA BAGELLA
LORENZO PERUZZI
MARIA CARMELA CARIA
ROSSELLA FILIGHEDDU

DOI

10.3906/bot-1404-121

Abstract

Based on study of the lectotype of Cephaloceraton gymnocarpum Gennari, megaspore ornamentation, and chromosome number analysis of specimens from different Mediterranean areas, it is shown here that Isoetes gymnocarpa (Gennari) A.Braun is a species endemic to Sardinia, Central Italy, Corsica, and Baleares, different from the Mediterranean I. histrix Bory and from the mainly CE Mediterranean I. sicula Tod. (= I. subinermis (Gennari) Cesca & Peruzzi).

Keywords

Isoetes gymnocarpa, Isoetes sicula, Isoetes subinermis, Mediterranean, Sardinia, spore ornamentation, terrestrial quillwort

First Page

383

Last Page

387

Recommended Citation

BAGELLA, SIMONETTA; PERUZZI, LORENZO; CARIA, MARIA CARMELA; and FILIGHEDDU, ROSSELLA (2015) "Unraveling the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Isoetes histrix Bory species complex (Isoetaceae, Lycopodiidae)," Turkish Journal of Botany: Vol. 39: No. 2, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1404-121
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/vol39/iss2/18