Cyperaceae

Isolepis R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 221 (1810)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, DR Congo, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Iceland, Illinois, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Kirgizstan, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Vietnam, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Fiji, Mauritius, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • J. Browning and K.D. Gordon-Gray† in Flora Zambesiaca Volume: 14: Cyperaceae (2020). MÁ García, Jonathan R Timberlake (Eds). Kew Publishing, London.
  • Muasya & Simpson in Kew Bull. 57: 257–362 (2002).
  • R. Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 221 (1810).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K.B. 57: 257–362 (2002)
  • Prod.: 221 (1810)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1996 Zeyher [1777B] South Africa K000307771 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3477] K001119493 Unknown Type Material Yes
Furness, H.D.; Phillipson, P.B. [1] South Africa K002368883 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3497] Nepal K001119560 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3490] K001119538 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Ritter, N. [9934] Bolivia K002369656 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3478] K001119498 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3478] Burma K001119499 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3470] K001119483 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3495] Burma K001119556 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3493] K001119554 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3487] K001119531 Unknown Type Material Yes
Marshall, A.R.; Mhoro, B. [WK384] Tanzania K002368736 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3471] K001119487 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3480] India K001119507 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zeyher [s.n.] South Africa K000416547 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3470] K001119482 Unknown Type Material Yes
Petrie, D. [s.n.] New Zealand K002368380 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3492] K001119553 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3490] India K001119541 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3475] India K001119491 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3477] India K001119495 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3470] Nepal K001119486 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3489] K001119537 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3479] India K001119501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [17045] Tanzania K002368737 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3481] K001119515 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hawkes, J.G.; Hjerting, J.P.; Rahn, K. [3312] Argentina K002369728 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3484] Burma K001119524 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3481] K001119514 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3490] K001119540 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haines, R.W. [7024] Eswatini K002368911 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3480] K001119508 Unknown Type Material Yes
Neish, P.G.; Muasya, A.M. [104] Australia K002368233 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 3494] India K001119555 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3484] K001119521 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3474] Burma K001119490 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gauth [s.n.] South Africa K002368912 Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [4676] Australia K002368231 Yes
Rasaminirina, F. [RSF 286] Madagascar K009001789 No
s.coll. [40] K002988858 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3470] K001119484 Unknown Type Material Yes
Neish, P.G.; Muasya, A.M. [100] Australia K002368232 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3488] K001119534 Unknown Type Material Yes
Matthews, H.B.; [Stear [[33914]] New Zealand K002368379 Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000416595 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3484] Burma K001119523 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sands, M.J.S. [4666] Australia K002368230 Yes
Mauve, A.A.; Venter, S. [5183] K002368909 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3478] Bangladesh K001119497 Unknown Type Material Yes
Williamson, C. [418] Lesotho K002369564 Yes
Wilson, K.L. [9575] Australia K002368235 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3487] K001119529 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3484] Bangladesh K001119520 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3479] India K001119504 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3489] India K001119536 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3477] K001119494 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3483] K001119518 Unknown Type Material Yes
Druce, A.P. [86924] New Zealand K000974017 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3486] K001119527 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3486] India K001119528 Unknown Type Material Yes
Katende; Sheil [s.n.] Uganda K002368738 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [4439] South Africa K002368910 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3487] K001119530 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3481] Bangladesh K001119510 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3490] K001119539 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3481] K001119511 Unknown Type Material Yes
Moss, C.E. [15583] K002369565 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3497] K001119559 Unknown Type Material Yes
Spruce, R. [3708] Venezuela K000632041 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ward, C.J. [9141] South Africa K002368908 Yes
Oquendo, N. [7] Peru K002369658 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3484] Burma K001119522 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill, E.D. [s.n.] Philippines K000290948 Isotype Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3531] India K001119665 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [15177] Bolivia K002369657 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3482] K001119516 Unknown Type Material Yes
Veldkamp, J.F. [7335] Afghanistan K002367448 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3490] Burma K001119543 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3486] K001119526 Unknown Type Material Yes
McNeur, I.A. [64636] New Zealand K000974016 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3483] K001119517 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3481] K001119509 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3497] India K001119558 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K000416594 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3487] India K001119533 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3479] Nepal K001119505 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F. [5922] New Zealand K002368381 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3490] Nepal K001119542 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3487] K001119532 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [15137] South Africa K002368913 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3479] India K001119503 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3532] Malaysia K001119666 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3476] India K001119492 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3488] K001119535 Unknown Type Material Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [20190] South Africa K002368880 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3481] K001119513 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3496] K001119557 Unknown Type Material Yes
Zeyher [s.n.] K000416596 Unknown Type Material Yes
Phillipson, P.B. [1225] South Africa K002368881 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [9666] South Africa K002369563 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3472] India K001119488 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 3479] K001119506 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3470] India K001119485 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3485] K001119525 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3473] Malaysia K001119489 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3481] Nepal K001119512 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lubke, R.A. [132] South Africa K002368882 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3477] India K001119496 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richardson, J.E. [105] Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha K002369744 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3483] K001119519 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3478] Burma K001119500 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 3479] India K001119502 Unknown Type Material Yes
Neish, P.G.; Muasya, A.M. [98] Australia K002368234 Yes
Spruce, R. [3708] Venezuela K000632040 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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