''Isolepis fluitans'' ( syn. ''Scirpus fluitans''), the floating scirpus, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is native to Africa, Australasia, Europe, and the Pacific islands. It was first described by

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in 1753, and later transferred to '' Isolepis'' by the botanist

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in 1810. The species

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''fluitans'' is

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for floating.Archibald William Smith

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* fluitans Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cyperaceae-stub