The genus Isoetes from India: An overview
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Quillworts, Merlin’s grass, Lycopsid, Distribution, Taxonomy, CytologyAbstract
The information regarding the Indian quillwort is reviewed herewith to highlight the taxonomy, history, distribution, phytogeography, morphology, phenology, chromosome count, numerical taxonomy and present taxonomic scenario of Indian species. Authors also reviewed the opinions of different researchers on doubtful species of Indian Isoetes.
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41. Ekambaram T, Venkatanathan T N. Studies on Isoetes coromandelina L. Journ. Ind. Bot. Soc. 1933;12:191-225.
42. Abraham A, Ninan C A. Cytology of Isoetes. Curr. Sci. 1958;27:60-61.
43. Ninan C A. Studies on the cytology and phylogeny of the Pteridophytes V. Observations on the Isoetaceae. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 1958;37:93-103.
44. Verma S C. Cytology of Isoetes coromandeliana L. f. Amer. Fern J. 1961;51:99-104. doi: 10.2307/1546953
45. Pant D D, Srivastav G K. Cytology and reproduction of some Indian species of Isoetes. Cytologia. 1965;30:239-251. doi: 10.1508/cytologia.30.239
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49. Vasudeva S M, Bir S S. Chromosome numbers and evolutionary status of ferns and fern allies of Pachmarhi Hills (Central India). Aspects of Plant Sciences. 1983. 6: 119-181.
50. Bhardwaj N, Gena CB. Cytological studies of Rajasthan species of Isoetes L. Aspects of Plant Science. 1992;14: 495-499.
51. Tripathi M K, Yadav B L. Cytology of Isoetes L. from Rajasthan. Indian Fern J. 2004;21:19-22.
52. Goswami H K, Bhu I. Isoetes pantii is a Natural hybrid: I. sampathkumaranii x I. coromandelina. Bionature. 2000;20:9-18.
53. Chandra S, Fraser-Jenkins C R, Kumari A, Srivastava A. A summary of the status of threatened Pteridophytes of India. Taiwania. 2008;53(2):1-40.
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55. Fraser-Jenkins C R. Lectotypification and epitypification of Isoetes sahyadriensis (Isoetaceae) from S. W. India. Indian J. Forestry. 2015;38(3):231-232.
2. Shukla S K, Singh S K, Shukla P K, Dubey N K, Khanam H, Srivastava G K. A new subspecies of Isoetes coromandeliana (Isoetaceae) from Gujarat, India. Taiwania 2017;62(2):121?128.
3. Srivastava G K. Isoetaceae in India: morphology and taxonomy. Indian Fern J. 1998;15:165-177.
4. Patil S M, Hande P, Yadav S, Dongare M. Isoetes indica Pant &Srivastava: New Record for the Western Ghats of India. Indian Fern J. 2013;30:78-82.
5. Fraser-Jenkins C R, Gandhi K N, Kholia B S, Benniamin A. An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes Part-1 (Lycopodiaceae to Thelypteridaceae). Messrs Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh; 2017.
6. Linnaeus C. Species Plantarum. Stockholm; 1753.
7. Reed C F. Index Isoetales. Bol. Soc. Brot. II. 1953;27:5-27.
8. Linnaeus C (filius). Supplementary Plantarum. Systema. Vegetabilium 8. Impensis Orphanotrophei Eiditum a Carolo a Linne (the younger). Brunsvigae. 447; 1782.
9. Reichenbach H G L. Conspectus Regni Vegetabilis; 1828. p. 43. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.127418
10. Braun A. On the North American Species of Isoetes and Marsilea. Amer. Jour. Sci. II. 1847;3:52-56.
11. Braun A. Uber die australischen Arten der Gattung Isoetes. Monatsber. Konigl. Preuss. Acad. Wiss. Berlin. 1868;522-545.
12. Motelay L et Vendryes. Monographic des Isoeteae. Soc. Linn, de Bordeaux, Actes. 1883;36:309-405.
13. Pfeiffer N E. Monograph on the Isoetaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1922;9:79–233. doi: 10.2307/2990000
14. Kott L S, Britton D M. Spore morphology and taxonomy of Isoetes in northeastern North America. Canad. Jour. Bot. 1983;61:3140-3163. doi: 10.1139/b83-353
15. Taylor W C, Hickey R J. Habitat, evolution and speciation in Isoetes. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 1992;79(3): 613-622. doi: 10.2307/2399755
16. Takamiya M, Watanabe M, Ono K. Biosystematic studies on the genus Isoetes in Japan, IV. Morphology and anatomy of sporophytes, phytogeography and taxonomy. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1997;48:89-121.
17. Troia A. The genus Isoetes L. (Lycophyta, Isoetaceae)-synthesis of karyological data. Webbia. 2001;56(1):201-218. doi: 10.1080/00837792.2001.10670712
18. Engelmann G, Butler G D. The species of Isoetes of the Indian territory. Botanical Gazette. 1878;3(1):1-2. doi: 10.1086/325109
19. McCann C. Occurrence of Isoetes coromandeliana L. f. in Bombay presidency. Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1934;35:471.
20. Mahabale T S. On a new species of Isoetes in India. Curr. Sci. 1938;7:62-63.
21. Rao L N. A new species of Isoetes from Bangalore Mysore State. Curr. Sci. 1944;13:286-287.
22. Shende D V. A new species of Isoetes from the Bombay Presidency. J. Univ. Bombay B. 1945;14:50-52.
23. Pant D D, Srivastav G K. The genus Isoetes in India. Proc. Natl. Inst. Sci. India, Pt. B. Biol. Sci. 1962;28:242-280.
24. Goswami HK, Arya BS. A new species of Isoetes from Narsinghgarh Madhya Pradesh. J. Ind. Bot. Soc. 1970;49:30-37.
25. Panigrahi G. Systematics of the genus Isoetes L. (Isoetaceae) in India.Biol. Mem. 1981;6:129-138.
26. Gena C B, Bharadwaja T N. Three new species of genus Isoetes L. from Rajasthan. Jour. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1984;81:165-168.
27. Vasudeva S M, Bir S S. Pteridophytic Flora of Pachmarhi Hills, Central India-I (General Account of Families: Psilotaceae-Isoetaceae). Indian Fern J. 1992;9:153-173.
28. Sinha S C. Isoetes debii.Frontiers Bot. 1992;4-6:69-72.
29. Ghosh S R, Ghosh B. Pteridophytes. In: Mudgal V. and Hajra P.K. (eds), Floristic Diversity and Conservation Strategies in India Vol. 1: Cryptogames and Gymnosperms. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta; 1997. p. 373-442.
30. Srivastava G K, Pant D D, Shukla P K. The genus Isoetes in India. Amer. Fern J. 1993;83(4):105-119. doi: 10.2307/1547587
31. Fraser-Jenkins C R. New Species Syndrome in Indian Pteridology and the ferns of Nepal. International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun; 1997. p.404.
32. Bhu I, Goswami H K, Sharma U S, Bajpai A K. Isoetes fuchsii from India: A new Isoetes. Bionature. 2001;21(1): 11-18.
33. Shukla P K, Srivastava G K, Shukla S K. The quillworts (Isoetes) of India: Distribution, endemism and species radiation. Biodiv. & Conser. 2002;11(6):959-973. doi: 10.1023/A:1015868228530
34. Shukla P K, Srivastava G K, Shukla S K, Rajagopal P K. Two New Species of the Genus Isoetes L. (Isoetaceae-Lycopsida) from India. Taxon. 2005;54 (1):109-116. doi: 10.2307/25065306
35. Patil S M, Dongare M M. Enumerative checklist of pteridophytes from Satara District (MH), India. Plant Science Today. 2017;4(3):75-87. doi: 10.14719/pst.2017.4.3.306
36. Chauhan B S. Environmental studies. Firewall Media 2008;107–111.
37. Sharma B D, Singh R. The Ligule in Isoetes. Amer. Fern J. 1984;74 (1):22-28. doi: 10.2307/1547107
38. Matthews J F, Murdy W H. A Study of Isoetes Common to the Granite Outcrops of the Southeastern Piedmont. United States. Bot. Gazette. 1969;130:53–61. doi: 10.1086/336469
39. Fuchs E H P. Isoetes Palmeri H.P. Fuchs, eine neue isoetes-Art des Paramo. Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. 1982;84(2):168.
40. Patil S M. Systematic studies on the pteridophytes of Sarata District (Mahaeashtra) India [PhD thesis]. Shivaji University, Kolhapur; 2014.
41. Ekambaram T, Venkatanathan T N. Studies on Isoetes coromandelina L. Journ. Ind. Bot. Soc. 1933;12:191-225.
42. Abraham A, Ninan C A. Cytology of Isoetes. Curr. Sci. 1958;27:60-61.
43. Ninan C A. Studies on the cytology and phylogeny of the Pteridophytes V. Observations on the Isoetaceae. J. Indian Bot. Soc. 1958;37:93-103.
44. Verma S C. Cytology of Isoetes coromandeliana L. f. Amer. Fern J. 1961;51:99-104. doi: 10.2307/1546953
45. Pant D D, Srivastav G K. Cytology and reproduction of some Indian species of Isoetes. Cytologia. 1965;30:239-251. doi: 10.1508/cytologia.30.239
46. Kuriachan P I, Ninan C A. Karyomorphology of a triploid Isoetes with a note on karyotype evolution in the species. New Botanist. 1974;1:160-169.
47. Kuriachan P I, Ninan C A. Trisomy and translocation in Isoetes coromandeliana L. In: Proc. Symp. Cytogenetics in the evolution and improvement of plants. Srinagar; 1972. p. 309-317.
48. Goswami H K. Chromosome studies in natural populations of Isoetes pantii, with heterosporous sporangia. Cytologia. 1975;40(3-4):543. doi: 10.1508/cytologia.40.543
49. Vasudeva S M, Bir S S. Chromosome numbers and evolutionary status of ferns and fern allies of Pachmarhi Hills (Central India). Aspects of Plant Sciences. 1983. 6: 119-181.
50. Bhardwaj N, Gena CB. Cytological studies of Rajasthan species of Isoetes L. Aspects of Plant Science. 1992;14: 495-499.
51. Tripathi M K, Yadav B L. Cytology of Isoetes L. from Rajasthan. Indian Fern J. 2004;21:19-22.
52. Goswami H K, Bhu I. Isoetes pantii is a Natural hybrid: I. sampathkumaranii x I. coromandelina. Bionature. 2000;20:9-18.
53. Chandra S, Fraser-Jenkins C R, Kumari A, Srivastava A. A summary of the status of threatened Pteridophytes of India. Taiwania. 2008;53(2):1-40.
54. Fraser-Jenkins C R. Taxonomic Revision of Three Hundred Indian Subcontinental Pteridophytes with a Revised Census-List. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun; 2008. p. 685.
55. Fraser-Jenkins C R. Lectotypification and epitypification of Isoetes sahyadriensis (Isoetaceae) from S. W. India. Indian J. Forestry. 2015;38(3):231-232.
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