468.020 Isolepis R. Br.

Description of the genus

Annual or (in ours)perennial herbs, aquatic. Inflorescence a terminal spikelet or a terminal or lateral head of few-many spikelets. Each spikelet composed of few glumes, each subtending a bisexual flower; each flower with 1 ovary, 1 style and 2-3 long stigmas and 1-3 stamens; perianth segments 0. Nutlet usually ellipsoid to obovoid, longitudinally ribbed with transverse bars between the ribs, papillose or smooth.

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.	E
costata Hochst. ex A. Rich.	E
fluitans (L.) R. Br.	W,C,E
natans (Thunb.) A. Dietr.	E
prolifera (Rottb.) R. Br.	E
sp.no.1 (B.K. Simon & J.F. Ngoni 1387)	E

Other sources of information about Isolepis:

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Flora of Botswana: Isolepis
Flora of Caprivi: Isolepis
Flora of Malawi: Isolepis
Flora of Mozambique: Isolepis
Flora of Zambia: Isolepis

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Isolepis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Isolepis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Isolepis
Wikipedia: Isolepis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Isolepis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Isolepis

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Isolepis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=279, retrieved 20 March 2023

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