# Floating Quillwort

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Podcast: [Bad at Goodbyes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bad-at-goodbyes-7020095)
Published: 2026-05-07T11:30:00+00:00
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Floating Quillwort :: Isoetes wormaldii Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 076 On today’s show we learn about the Floating Quillwort, a critically endangered freshwater semi-aquatic plant native to South Africa, specifically to the Eastern Cape province, found roughly 25 miles from the coast. Its scientific name is Isoetes wormaldii and it was first described in 1906. (00:05) Intro (02:05) Species Information (19:13) Citations (20:57) Music (27:10) Pledge Research for today’s show was compiled from: Azzella, M. M., Vecchia, A. D., Abeli, T., Alahuhta, J., Amoroso, V. B., Ballesteros, E., Bertrin, V., Brunton, D., Bobrov, A. A., Caldeira, C., Ceschin, S., Chemeris, E. V., Čtvrtlíková, M., de Winton, M., Gacia, E., Grishutkin, O. G., Hofstra, D., Ivanova, D., Ivanova, M. O., … Bolpagni, R. (2024). Global assessment of aquatic Isoëtes species ecology. Freshwater Biology, 69, 1420–1437. – https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14316 Freund, F. D. (2022). The Genus Isoëtes L., evolution, diversification and population structure in a free-sporing heterosporous lycophyte. UC Berkeley. ProQuest ID: Freund_berkeley_0028E_21171. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m5nx0dn2. – https://escholarship.org/uc/item/937695n1 iNaturalist – https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?lat=-33.33523469222247&lng=26.571899142994628&quality_grade=research&radius=1.6281024631201406 Larsén, E., Wikström, N., Khodabandeh, A. et al. Phylogeny of Merlin’s grass (Isoetaceae): revealing an “Amborella syndrome” and the importance of geographic distribution for understanding current and historical diversity. BMC Ecology and Evolution v 22, 32 (2022). – https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01988-w Larsén, E., Khodabandeh, A. & Rydin, C. (2025). Spore morphology and evolution in Isoëtes (Isoëtales). Botanical Journal of the…

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