Isoetes eludens J.P.Roux, Hopper & Rhian J.Sm.

Native to:

Cape Provinces

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Bulletin

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Kew Species Profiles

• Roux, J.P., Hopper, S.D. & Smith, R.J. (2009). Isoetes eludens (Isoetaceae), a new endemic species from the Kamiesberg, Northern Cape, South Africa. Kew Bulletin 64: 123-128.