Costularia

Costularia is a plant genus in the family Cyperaceae. It includes 15 species native to southeastern Africa, ranging from South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces) through Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, and to the islands Madagascar, Réunion, and the Seychelles in the Western Indian Ocean.

The genus was formerly circumscribed to include 25 species. A molecular phylogenetic study found that circumscription to include four distinct lineages: Costularia s.s. (11 species) from Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and Seychelles. Chamaedendron (five species) from New Caledonia. a group largely conforming to subgenus Lophoschoenus (eight species) from New Caledonia and Malesia that are now considered to be part of a redelimited genus Tetraria. the species Xyroschoenus hornei, which is endemic to the Seychelles. In 2019, the genus was revised to include 15 species, generally corresponding to Costularia s.s. and including a few previously undescribed species.