Isolepis fluitans
Species of grass-like plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Isolepis |
| Species: | I. fluitans |
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| Isolepis fluitans | |
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The species epithet fluitans is Latin for floating.[2]
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