Isolepis fluitans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Isolepis |
Species: | I. fluitans
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Binomial name | |
Isolepis fluitans | |
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Isolepis fluitans (syn. Scirpus fluitans), the floating scirpus, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is native to Africa, Australasia, Europe, and the Pacific islands.[1] It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753, and later transferred to Isolepis by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810.
The species epithet fluitans is Latin for floating.[2]
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References
[edit]- ^ Muasya, A.M., Simpson, D.A. 2002. A monograph of the genus Isolepis R. Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bull. 57: 257–362.
- ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins , p. 140, at Google Books
External links
[edit]Media related to Isolepis fluitans at Wikimedia Commons