Bulbostylis
| hairsedges | |
|---|---|
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| Bulbostylis neglecta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Bulbostylis Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke. | |
| Species | |
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100+; See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 capillaris - densetuft hairsedge
- Bulbostylis ciliatifolia - capillary hairsedge
- 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 vestita - tufted hairsedge
- Bulbostylis warei - Ware's hairsedge
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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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