Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu ssp. melanopoda . Blackfoot Quillwort. Phen: May-Sep. Hab: Floodplains. Dist: S. IN, IL, and MO south to ne. LA; probably represented eastward to c. TN and s. MS (the available material ambiguous) (Brunton & Britton 2006).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=22). (Brunton & Britton 2006). This taxon should be treated at species rank relative to I. melanopoda ssp. silvatica, based on the polyphyly of Isoetes melanopoda s.l. (Schafran et al. 2018).
Synonymy: = K3, K4, Tn, TxFerns; < Isoetes melanopoda Gay & Durieu ex Durieu – AqW, Ar, C, ETx1, FNA2, G, GrPl, Il, K1, Mo1, S13, Tx, Musselman (2001)
Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliophily: 5
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