Species

Isolepis sepulcralis

Etymology

Isolepis: From the Greek isos (equal) and lepis (scale)

Family

Cyperaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

ISOSEP

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Sedges

Synonyms

Scirpus chlorostachyus

Year Naturalised

1898

Origin

South Africa, Tristan da Cunha, Madagascar, Australia.

References and further reading

Johnson, A. T. and Smith, H. A (1986). Plant Names Simplified: Their pronunciation, derivation and meaning. Landsman Bookshop Ltd: Buckenhill, UK.

This page last updated on 5 Jun 2014