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 | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
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 | |
Synonyms | |
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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]