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Isoetes

NOUN
  1. type and genus of the Isoetaceae and sole extant genus of the order Isoetales

How To Use Isoetes In A Sentence

  • The other is a quillwort, or Isoetes, which reproduces through male and female spores and thus is considered more closely related to ferns than to flowering plants.
  • This extinct order of giant scale trees includes relatives of the modern quillworts (Isoetes).
  • Isoetes helps discriminate between these explanations as it lacks vessels and has a large genome despite being heterosporous, suggesting that vascular evolution is the key factor.
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