With the advent of cytological analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy, the recognition of
sterile hybrids, improved access to wild populations and increasingly comprehensive …

Isoetes is a widely distributed lycophyte genus of at least 200 species occurring in diverse
habitats. The species can be difficult to identify because Isoetes, with its apparent simplicity …

Premise of research. The heterosporous lycopsids of Isoetes show limited morphological
and genetic variation despite a worldwide distribution and the ancient origin of the lineage …

Abstract Background Merlin's grass (Isoetes, Isoetaceae, Lycopsida), is the extant remnant
of the isoetalean wood-producing lycopsids that originated during the Paleozoic, possibly in …

The work on the Isoetaceae account for the Critical Flora of Italy has resulted in a new,
synonymic inventory of Italian Isoetes taxa, based on herbarium studies, observation by …

In the present study, the surface ornamentations of both megaspores and microspores of 20
species of Selaginella were studied using scanning electron microscopy. The results of the …

Isoëtes todaroana, a new species from western Sicily (Italy), is described. Morphological,
anatomical and ecological characters are given. The main differential characters are the …

The new species Isoëtes sabatina is described and illustrated. Morphological, anatomical,
and ecological characters are given. It differs from the similar I. echinospora by several …

Megaspore ornamentation is one of the few morphological characters used in the taxonomy
of the genus Isoëtes. In the present work, we test the application of this character for …

To better understand the phylogeny of Isoetes species in the Mediterranean region,
sequences of the second intron of a LFY-like homolog were determined for six populations …