Isolepis lenticularis

Isolepis lenticularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Isolepis
Species: I. lenticularis
Binomial name
Isolepis lenticularis
R.Br.

Isolepis lenticularis (syn. Scirpus lenticularis) is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It was merged within I. fluitans,[1] but was later resurrected.[2] It is native to Australasia.

References

  1. Muasya, A.M., Simpson, D.A. 2002. A monograph of the genus Isolepis R. Br. (Cyperaceae). Kew Bull. 57: 257–362.
  2. Ito, Yu; Viljoen, Jan-Adriaan; Tanaka, Norio; Yano, Okihito; Muasya, A. Muthama (2015). "Phylogeny of Isolepis (Cyperaceae) revisited: non-monophyletic nature of I. fluitans sensu lato and resurrection of I. lenticularis". Plant Systematics and Evolution 301: 231–238. doi:10.1007/s00606-015-1253-7.
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