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Isolepis lenticularis

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Species of grass-like plant

Isolepis lenticularis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: 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, but was later resurrected. It is native to Australasia. Hybridisation with I. crassiuscula is known from New Zealand.

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, Y., Viljoen, J.-A., Tanaka, N., Yano, O., Muasya, A.M. 2016. 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
  3. Yano, O., Tanaka, N., Ito, Y. 2016. Molecular evidence for a natural hybrid between Isolepis crassiuscula and Isolepis lenticularis (Cyperaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54: 433-445. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2016.1205106


Taxon identifiers
Isolepis lenticularis


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