Isoetes salishensis, sp. nov. (Isoetaceae - Lycopodiopsida), An Endemic Quillwort of Coastal British Columbia, Canada
Bibliographic record
Abstract
The distinguishing features of a previously unknown amphibious Isoetes discovered in coastal British Columbia, Canada are described. Although occurring in an ephemeral, vernal, seaside rock pool habitat thought to be indicative of I. nuttallii, field observations and morphological investigations determined these plants to be a distinctive taxon possessing small and boldly ornamented megaspores, relatively large microspores, and a regionally unique short velum coverage of the sporangia. It is reminiscent, particularly in spore ornamentation, of the aquatic, mid-season I. maritima and is known from one site (possibly two) where no living plants are presently evident. A unique combination of uncommon morphological features, restricted geographic range, rare habitat, and early growth season distinguishes these plants as distinct from all known Isoetes taxa. Isoetes salishensis, sp. nov. is proposed as an addition to the growing list of flora and fauna endemic to or centered on the Salish Sea area of southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".