Isoetes heldreichii

Isoetes heldreichii
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Isoetales
Family:	Isoetaceae
Genus:	Isoetes
Species:	I. heldreichii
Binomial name
Isoetes heldreichii Wettst.

Isoetes heldreichii, or Pindus quillwort, is a species of lycopod. It is critically endangered. Some think it extinct as it was last seen in 1885.^[1][2]

Distribution

It is found in Central Greece.^[1][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

It was described by Richard Wettstein in 1886.^[6]

References

1. Christenhusz, M.; Lansdown, R.V.; Bento Elias, R.; Dyer, R.; Ivanenko, Y.; Rouhan, G.; Rumsey, F.; Väre, H. (2017). "Isoetes heldreichii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T175294A85430949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T175294A85430949.en. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
2. "Isoetes heldreichii Wettst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
3. Troia, Angelo; Greuter, Werner (October 2015). "A conspectus of and key to Greek Isoetes (Isoetaceae), based on a reassessment of Haussknecht's gatherings of 1885". Willdenowia. 45 (3): 391–403. doi:10.3372/wi.45.45303. hdl:10447/172356. S2CID 85927545.
4. "Isoetes heldreichii". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
5. "Isoetes heldreichii - Wettst". eunis.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
6. "Isoetes heldreichii (Pindus quillwort) - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database". The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database (REPAD). Retrieved 2021-05-27.