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Isoëtes olympica
Also called Olympic Quillwort
Isoetes olympica, the Olympic quillwort, is a rare aquatic or semi-aquatic lycophyte (a non-flowering vascular plant) from the quillwort family, listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. It is not a plant for home gardens and is grown only by specialists or conservation programmes.
Isoetes olympica, the Olympic quillwort, is a lycophyte in the family Isoetaceae. The IUCN has classified the species as critically endangered. It was named by Alexander Braun in 1867.
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