Species
Isolepis sepulcralis
Etymology
Isolepis: From the Greek isos (equal) and lepis (scale)
Family
Cyperaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
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