Bulbostylis
Genus of grass-like plants
Hairsedges | |
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Bulbostylis neglecta | |
Scientific classification | |
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. | |
Species | |
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 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.
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
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
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