Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.

Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.

CYPERACEAE

- Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.

Nomencl. ref.: Systema Vegetabilium 2 1825
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Low bulrush

English name: fiber-optic-grass

English name: low bulrush

Spanish name: escirpillo cabizbajo

Italian name: Lisca delle pozze

German name: niedere Moorbinse

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual

Synonyms:
= Scirpus cernuus Vahl p.p.
= Scirpus cernuus Vahl ssp. californicus (Torr.) Thorne
= Scirpus cernuus Vahl var. californicus (Torr.) Beetle

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Isolepis
Species:

Page counter: 479 ( AVG: 222.05 / 291.086 )

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Isolepis cernua
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Isolepis cernua
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Isola del Giglio, località Campese, nei pressi della spiaggia., GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Isolepis cernua
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Isola del Giglio, lungo la strada che conduce a Punta del Capel Rosso., GR, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Isolepis cernua
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Isolepis cernua
Credit: Photo by Alfonso La Rosa

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AK, CA, OR, TX, WA), CAN (BC)

Distributional map for Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Map for Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Isolepis funckii Steud. [205]
2) Isolepis junciformis Kunth [90]
3) Isolepis koilolepis Steud. [124]
4) Isolepis vestita Kunth [126]
5) Isomeris arborea Nutt. [126]
6) Isopappus divaricatus (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray [130]
7) Isopterygium borrerianum (Müll. Hal.) Lindb. var. terrestre (Lindb.) H.A. Crum, Steere & L.E. Anderson [128]
8) Isopterygium elegans (Brid.) Lindb. var. gracilens Austin ex Grout [101]
9) Isopterygium micans (Sw.) Kindb. [127]
10) Isopterygium pulchellum (Hedw.) A. Jaeger [139]

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