Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br. (Scirpus setaceus L.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Isolepis// Species: Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Scirpus setaceus L., Sp. Pl. 49 (1753). The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Jiménez-Mejías & Luceño, 2011+) is Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br., Prodr.: 222. 1810.

Distribution: Native to Temperate and Subtropical Eurasia – Europe, West Asia to to China, Thailand and Himalaya; Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat: Wet habitats – mountain streams, wetlands.

Lifeform: Annual or perennial; therophyte or hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period:  Summer to fall: JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT.

References:

Isolepis setacea. Jiménez-Mejías, P. & Luceño, M. (2011+): Cyperaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5d683b38-3a9f-4079-b8f0-1cb5fd623777 [Accessed 18.10.2022].

Isolepis setacea (L.) R.Br. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:309559-1 [Accessed 18.10.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.