Isolepis fluitans (L.) R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 221 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Old World. It is a helophyte or annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Yugoslavia

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Azores, Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, South Australia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, Tasmania, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2: 108 (1995).
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 138 (1983).
  • Muasya in F.T.E.A., Cyperaceae: 121, fig.20 (2010).
  • R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 221 (1810).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Edwards, S., Demissew, S., & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1997). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 6: i-xxviii, 1-586. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K.B. 57: 278 (2002).
  • Prod.: 221 (1810)
  • Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 138 (1983)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 1998 Fokom, I. [53] Cameroon K000678195 Yes
Muasya, A.M.; Abdalla, R. [1072] Tanzania K002368599 Yes
Muasya, A.M.; Abdalla, R. [1065] Tanzania K002368598 Yes
Schimper [551] Ethiopia K000416531 Unknown Type Material Yes
Muasya, A.M.; Abdalla, R. [1071] Tanzania K002368600 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5218] Tanzania K000190446 Yes
Peter, G.A. [11990] Tanzania K002368593 Yes
Kayombo, C.J.; Kayombo, M.J. [73] Tanzania K002368606 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14252] Tanzania K002368604 Yes
Peter, G.A. [8801] Tanzania K002368595 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [14559] Kenya K002368586 Yes
Thulin, M.; Tidigs, A. [97] Kenya K002368587 Yes
Kabuye, C.H.S.; Wood, D. [104] Kenya K002368585 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/21] Tanzania K002368589 Yes
Peter, G.A. [8844] Tanzania K002368592 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [1368] Kenya K002368584 Yes
{Greenway} [6546] Tanzania K002368594 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C. [889] Tanzania K002368601 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/159] Tanzania K002368590 Yes
Schimper [1254] Ethiopia K000416530 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wingfield, R. [273] Tanzania K002368596 Yes
Hedberg, O. [4748] Tanzania K002368591 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/129] Tanzania K002368588 Yes
Schimper [1103] Ethiopia K000416529 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2122] Tanzania K002368603 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Keeley, P. [347] Tanzania K002368602 Yes
Richards, H.M. [8541] Tanzania K002368597 Yes
Wingfield, R. [273] Tanzania K001739144 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Abdallah, R.A. [1717A] Tanzania K002368605 Yes
Hedberg, O. [4332] Kenya Scirpus fluitans K001613095 No
Taylor, P. [17010A] Australia Scirpus fluitans K:SPC-40548.000 No
Stauffer, H.U. [699] Uganda Scirpus fluitans K001600759 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Greenway, P.J. [8220] Tanzania Scirpus fluitans K002368567 Yes
Sheahan, M.C. [254] United Kingdom Eleogiton fluitans K001890854 No
Hubbard, C.E. United Kingdom Eleogiton fluitans K:SPC-29040.000 No

Sources

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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0