Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1100 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Isoetes lacustris L.

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 486 [secondary reference]

Boehmer, G.R. (1760), Definitiones Generum Plantarum Edn. 3: 500 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Calamaria Boehm. nom. illeg.

Braun, A.K.H. (December 1853), Plantae Muellerianae. Isoeteae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 25(6): 722 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 136 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 634 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 44 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek isos, alike; etos, year: because the submerged species remain the same thoughout the year."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 43 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek isos, alike; etos, year; because the submerged species remain the same throughout the year"

Aston, H.I. (1973), Aquatic Plants of Australia: 33-35 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 6 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Isoetaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 45 [secondary reference]

Jermy, A.C. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Isoetaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 29-30, Figs. 6-7 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Isoetaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Quillworts [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Isoetaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 27 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 25 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Isoetaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 55-57 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Algae:Fern Allies. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 43 [secondary reference]

common name: Qillworts [n/a]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Isoetaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Quillworts [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 223 [secondary reference]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 11 [secondary reference]

common name: Quillworts [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Calamaria Boehm. nom. illeg.

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 437 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 9 [secondary reference]

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 9 [secondary reference]

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