Definition of Order isoetales

1. Noun. Aquatic or marsh-growing fern allies; known to have existed since the Cenozoic; sometimes included in Lycopodiales.

Exact synonyms: Isoetales
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Group relationships: Class Lycopodiate, Class Lycopsida, Lycopodiate, Lycopsida
Member holonyms: Family Isoetaceae, Isoetaceae, Quillwort Family

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Isoetales

order Heliozoa
order Helotiales
order Hemiptera
order Heterosomata
order Heterotrichales
order Hymenogastrales
order Hymenoptera
order Hypericales
order Hypermastigina
order Hypocreales
order Hyracoidea
order Ichthyosauria
order Ictodosauria
order Insectivora
order Insessores
order Isoetales
order Isopoda
order Isoptera
order Isospondyli
order Juglandales
order Jungermanniales
order Lagomorpha
order Laminariales
order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera
order Lichenales
order Liliales
order Lobata
order Loricata

Literary usage of Order isoetales

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

1. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"order isoetales. with one family Isoetaceae and one genus Isoetes (see Chapter XXXI). There are about fifty species, with about sixteen in the United States ..."

2. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Class and order, Isoetales. Family, Isoetaceae. This quillwort may be found in moist prairies and overflowed fields in the central states of the Mississippi ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"There will doubtless be general acceptance of the view that this group is sufficiently distinct to warrant the establishment of a separate order Isoetales; ..."

4. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"Order. Isoetales. Family. Isoetaceae. Genus. Isoetes. Species. (eg, lacustris.} B. Habitat: Some forms grow on the bottom of ponds, others in moist meadows, ..."

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