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Isoetes

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Isoetes is a genus of plants in the family Isoetaceae. They are native to North America.

URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255149

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EOL has data for 4 attributes, including:

native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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North America
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255149
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spore arrangement
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/sporeArrangement
- Definition: The important feature of homospory is the four fold division involved in spore production, this takes the form of either a tetrahedra which gives a trilete (Y shaped scar) spore or a tetragon which gives a monolete (single linear scar) spore.
- Attribution: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html
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trilete
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/trilete
- Definition: spores bearing a Y shaped scar, indicating that they were arranged in a tetrahedral spore tetrad
- Attribution: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Isoetes. View this species on GBIF

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Isoetes includes 203 children: