| Biotic zone
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Eastern Ghats +
, Western Ghats +
, Central Deccan Plateau +
, Indo-Gangetic Plain +
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| Bloom type
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Perennial +
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| Class
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Lycopodiopsida +
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| Common name
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Club Moss, Quillwort +
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| Division/Phylum
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Lycopodiophyta +
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| Family
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Isoetaceae +
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| Genus
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Isoetes +
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| Habitat details
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''Isoetes'' is usually found in aquatic en … ''Isoetes'' is usually found in aquatic environments and moist soils. They grow solitary or gregarious, in open or closed vegetation, growing near edges of small ponds and lakes. Often locally dominant and can form extensive stands.
The distribution of ''I. coromandelina'' is hard to define due to difficulties in taxonomic delimitation. Under certain classification schemes, it is classified as endemic to the Indian subcontinentfied as endemic to the Indian subcontinent +
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| Header caption
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Illustration of the species morphology +
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| Header image
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Illustration Isoetes lacustris0.jpg +
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| IUCN status
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Not Evaluated +
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| Introdescription
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The genus ''Isoetes'' consists of more tha … The genus ''Isoetes'' consists of more than 130 species. Fourteen endemic species have been described in India. The ranges of most of these species overlap each other, and there's no consensus about their specific limits. This entry, thus, may encompass information about more than one species and inter-species hybrids.han one species and inter-species hybrids. +
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| Life cycle details
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Disseminules are spores which are spread in clumps by wind. Local spread is by rhizomes. +
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| Modern scientific knowledge description
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Under submerged conditions, ''Isoetes'' sp … Under submerged conditions, ''Isoetes'' species have been reported to use the Crassulacean Acid Metabolism pathway for carbon assimilation, just like desert plants. (Kramer)
''Isoetes'' roots have been found to be associated with fungal species which form bunches of intracellular hyphae in cortical cells of young roots.Such associations are not dependent on habitat (Sharma)
The various species may also exist as inter-species hybrids with highly variable chromosome numbers. One species - ''I. sampathkumaranii'' - has been shown to be a hexaploid. Some American species are decaploids (Kramer)e American species are decaploids (Kramer) +
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| Native species
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Yes +
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| Order
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Isoetales +
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| Page creation date
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23 August 2010 +
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| Plant height
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Up to 3 feet +
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| Plant type
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Fern +
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| Regnum
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Plantae +
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| Seed dispersal
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Anemophily (By wind) +
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| Species name
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w:Isoetes coromandelina +
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| State
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Andhra Pradesh +
, Bihar +
, Gujarat +
, Karnataka +
, Kerala +
, Madhya Pradesh +
, Maharashtra +
, Orissa +
, Rajasthan +
, Tamil Nadu +
, Uttar Pradesh +
, West Bengal +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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| Categories |
Stubs +
, Plants +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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6 September 2010 16:02:32 +
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