Bulbostylis
Sign in to saveBulbostylis 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.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
FamilyCyperaceae
Native toAlabama, Aldabra, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize
General: in Abildgaardia and another in Bulbostylis, both treated as correct names
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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 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