Bulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 200 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.
| Hairsedges | |
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| Bulbostylis neglecta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Bulbostylis Kunth |
| Type species | |
| Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke.
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| Species | |
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100+; See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Selected species:
- Bulbostylis barbata - watergrass
- Bulbostylis bathiei
- Bulbostylis boeckleriana[2]
- Bulbostylis burbidgeae
- Bulbostylis cangae
- Bulbostylis capillaris - densetuft hairsedge
- Bulbostylis ciliatifolia - capillary hairsedge
- Bulbostylis cioniana (Savi) Lye
- Bulbostylis coleotricha
- Bulbostylis curassavica - West Indian hairsedge
- Bulbostylis eleocharoides
- Bulbostylis fasciculata
- Bulbostylis fluviatilis
- Bulbostylis funckii - Funck's hairsedge
- Bulbostylis haitiensis
- Bulbostylis hispidula
- Bulbostylis junciformis - Caribbean hairsedge
- Bulbostylis juncoides - rush hairsedge
- Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana - tussock sedge
- 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
edit- ^ 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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