Cyperaceae
Isolepis
Isolepis fluitans

Isolepis fluitans var. fluitans

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Old World. It is a helophyte or annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

NW. Balkan Pen.

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Azores, Belgium, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, 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-South Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Tasmania, Uganda, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Mauritius

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schlieben, H.J. [11280] K002368821 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10788] Malawi K002368751 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E. [8253A] Ethiopia K002368459 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Martinsson [89195] Malawi K002368746 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5281] Malawi K002368745 Yes
Reekmans, M. [5368] Burundi K002368411 Yes
Louis, J. [5506] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002368407 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Katende, A. [Ly-5275] Uganda K002368522 Yes
Fries, T.M. [s.n.] Sweden K002367003 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Martinsson, K. [89195] Malawi K002368756 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10493] Malawi K002368747 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.; Haeck, J. [157] Netherlands K002367004 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G. [8290] Rwanda K002368410 Yes
Brass, L.J. [16516] Malawi K002368750 Yes
Hedberg, O. [5717] Ethiopia K002368460 Yes
Jackson, G. [510] Malawi K002368755 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [3501] Uganda K002368520 Yes
Blackmore, S.; Brummitt, R.K.; Banda, E.A. [396] Malawi K002368743 Yes
Stauffer, H.U. [175] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002368409 Yes
Murata, G.; Fukuoka, N.; Sukasdi [J 1222] Indonesia K002367558 Yes
[J. W. C. Iterso]; [J. Iterk] [53] South Africa K002368919 Yes
s.coll. [10658] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002368408 Yes
Williamson, G.; Ball, J.; Simon, B.K. [873] Malawi K002368742 Yes
Lisowski, S. [11066] Uganda K002368521 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K000290946 Type Yes
Strugnell, A.M.; Salubeni, A.J. [29] Malawi K002368749 Yes
Steenis, V. [10923] Indonesia K002367556 Yes
Iversen, S.T.; Martinsson, K. [89230] Malawi K002368744 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3026] Malawi K002368753 Yes
Cheek, M. [9798] Cameroon K000678159 Yes
Hildebrandt, J.M. [3719] Madagascar K002368820 Yes
Adamson, G. [415] Malawi K002368752 Yes
Phillips, E. [1411] Malawi K002368754 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [854] Sudan K002368462 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [1016] Sudan K002368461 Yes
Steenis, V. [4053] Indonesia K002367557 Yes
Reid, C. [855] South Africa Isolepis inyangensis K002368920 Yes

Sources

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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