Isolepis fluitans

Isolepis fluitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Isolepis
Species:
I. fluitans
Binomial name
Isolepis fluitans
Synonyms
  • Scirpus fluitans L.
  • Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link

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]

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.
  2. ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins , p. 140, at Google Books
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