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, Türkiye, Türkiye-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

Classification

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PAFTOL

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.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

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)

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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