Isolepis fluitans

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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.

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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