Isoetes taiwanensis

Isoetes taiwanensis
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Isoetales
Family:	Isoetaceae
Genus:	Isoetes
Species:	I. taiwanensis
Binomial name
	Isoetes taiwanensis; De Vol

Isoetes taiwanensis is a species of plant in the family Isoetaceae. It is endemic to Taiwan, and the only species of quillwort there. As other quillworts, it is relatively small, with erect leaves 7–24 cm (2.8–9.4 in) long. It grows submersed in shallow ponds for most of the year.^[2] IUCN considers it critically endangered because of habitat loss.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Isoetes taiwanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46616A11070562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46616A11070562.en.
^ Devol, Charles E. (1994). "Isoetaceae". In Huang, Tseng-chieng (ed.). Flora of Taiwan. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan: Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition. pp. 58–59. ISBN 957-9019-52-5. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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[IUCN-1] China Plant Specialist Group (2004). "Isoetes taiwanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T46616A11070562. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T46616A11070562.en.

[2] Devol, Charles E. (1994). "Isoetaceae". In Huang, Tseng-chieng (ed.). Flora of Taiwan. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Taipei, Taiwan: Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan, Second Edition. pp. 58–59. ISBN 957-9019-52-5. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

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