Isoetes rwandensis Eb. Fisch. & Lobin

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Status: Native
Description:
Corm 3-lobed, up to 5 mm wide, bud scales 2–2.5 × c. 1.5 mm, cuspidate, pale green. Leaves 15–21, 55–62 mm long, 1.2–1.6 mm wide at base, 0.4– 0.6 mm wide at apex, tapering gradually to an acute apex. Ligule not seen. Velum absent. Megasporangia 2.2–2.6 × 1.2–1.4 mm, sporangium wall dark brownish to blackish. Megaspores c. 400 × 400 μm; proximal face trilete, evenly tuberculate with small and dense tubercles 28–30 μm in diam., ridges c. 50 μm wide and c. 33 μm high, areoles and ridges with dense threads; distal face densely pustulate-tuberculate with larger, rounded pustules 39.9–60 μm in diam. intermixed with smaller tubercles, sometimes anastomosing, up to 26 μm in diam., larger pustules sometimes anastomosing, dense threads between pustules, only apex of pustules ± free of waxes. Microspores not seen.
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Derivation of specific name: rwandensis: from Rwanda, this ferns was first discovered in Rwanda where the species is probably endemic.
Habitat: In small, temporary pools on ferricretes.
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Worldwide distribution: Rwanda.
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Literature:

Fischer E. & Lobin W. (2024). Checklist of Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and quillworts) and Polypodiopsida (ferns) of Rwanda. Willdenowia 53(3) Page 154.


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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Isoetes rwandensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Isoetes rwandensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Isoetes rwandensis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Isoetes rwandensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Isoetes rwandensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Isoetes rwandensis
Plants of the World Online: Isoetes rwandensis
Tropicos: Isoetes rwandensis
Wikipedia: Isoetes rwandensis


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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Species information: Isoetes rwandensis.
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=251050, retrieved 2 April 2025

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