Bulbostylis

Hairsedges
Bulbostylis neglecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Bulbostylis
Kunth
Type species
Bulbostylis capillaris
(L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke.
Species

100+; See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Stenophyllus Raf.
  • Oncostylis Nees

Bulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 100 species of these clump-forming plants of dry grasslands and warm and tropical savannas worldwide. They have solid, rounded, grooved stems and long, thin basal leaves. They bear spikelets of flowers.

Selected species:

  • Bulbostylis barbata - watergrass
  • Bulbostylis boeckleriana[2]
  • Bulbostylis burbidgeae
  • Bulbostylis capillaris - densetuft hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis ciliatifolia - capillary hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis coleotricha
  • Bulbostylis curassavica - West Indian hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis funckii - Funck's hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis junciformis - Caribbean hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis juncoides - rush hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis neglecta - neglected tuftsedge
  • Bulbostylis pauciflora - fewflower hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis schaffneri - Schaffner's hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis stenophylla - sandy field hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis turbinata
  • Bulbostylis vestita - tufted hairsedge
  • Bulbostylis warei - Ware's hairsedge

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.


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