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Isolepis fluitans

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Isolepis fluitans
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I. fluitans
Binomial name
Isolepis fluitans
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.