Isolepis fluitans

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.

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

The species epithet fluitans is Latin for floating.^[2]

An illustration of an Isolepis fluitans