Isolepis fluitans

Isolepis fluitans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Isolepis
Species: I. fluitans
Binomial name
Isolepis fluitans
(L.) R. Br.
Synonyms
  • Scirpus fluitans L.

Isolepis fluitans (syn. Scirpus fluitans) is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is native to Africa, Australasia, Europe, and Pacific.[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, and later transferred to Isolepis by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810.

An illustration of an Isolepis fluitans

References

  1. Muasya, A.M., Simpson, D.A. 2002. A monograph of the genus Isolepis R. Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bull. 57: 257–362.


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