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From: Phylogeny of Merlin’s grass (Isoetaceae): revealing an “Amborella syndrome” and the importance of geographic distribution for understanding current and historical diversity

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Isoetes wormaldii Sim. ac Isoetes wormaldii in its natural habitat. Photos: Tony Dold (Rhodes University); d Drawing by Thomas Robertson Sim, reproduced with permission from the original publication by Sim 1905 [54]; e leaves with a single unbranched vein. Note the, for the genus, unusual leaf shape: flattened with a largely constant width to its rounded tip; f Map of southern South Africa. The two red dots indicate the only known populations of Isoetes wormaldii, which are located in the vicinity of the towns Makhanda (left) and East London (right) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; g South African botanist Thomas Robertson Sim (1858–1938) (photographer unknown; source: Tr sim00.JPG—Wikimedia Commons)

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