Isoetes olympica

Isoetes olympica, the Olympic quillwort, is a lycophyte in the family Isoetaceae. The IUCN has classified the species as critically endangered.^[1] It was named by Alexander Braun in 1867.^[2]

Isoetes olympica
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Lycophytes
Class:	Lycopodiopsida
Order:	Isoetales
Family:	Isoetaceae
Genus:	Isoetes
Species:	I. olympica
Binomial name
Isoetes olympica A.Braun

Distribution

The species is native to Turkey and Syria.^[1][3][4]