Definition of Isoetaceae

1. Noun. Quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes.

Exact synonyms: Family Isoetaceae, Quillwort Family
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Isoetales, Order Isoetales
Member holonyms: Genus Isoetes, Isoetes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isoetaceae

Isle of Skye
Isle of White
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wighter
Isleib
Isles of Scilly
Islets of Langerhans
Islington
Ismaeli
Ismail
Ismaili
Ismailian
Ismailism
Isobel
Isocrates
Isoetaceae
Isoetales
Isoetes
Isoko
Isolde
Isole Egadi
Isoptera
Isoptin
Isopyrum
Isopyrum biternatum
Isordil
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isospora belli
Isospora bigemina
Isospora canis

Literary usage of Isoetaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"... Maine and Ontario to the Northwest Territory, south to Florida, Louisiana and Texas. Ascends to 2200 ft. in Virginia. July-Sept. Family ii. isoetaceae. ..."

2. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"isoetaceae. In Flora of the Boston District, II. Rhodora, x. 61-62. 1908. 49. ... isoetaceae. In Gray's New Manual of Botany, Seventh Edition, 58-62. 1908. ..."

3. Annual Report by Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station (1915)
"Rock Selaginella. Dry exposed rocks; frequent. In the Connecticut Valley north to Barnet. isoetaceae. QUILLWORT FAMILY ISOETES. ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1852)
"Again, the majority of authors, and all the recent ones, state that only the large spores of the Lycopodiaceae and isoetaceae produce new plants ; while ..."

5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"... in proportion as the characters are more or less pronounced. On this basis the isoetaceae would probably best take their place as a sub-series of the ..."

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