- Family:
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Bulbostylis Kunth
Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm.
[FTEA]
Cyperaceae, K Hoenselaar, B. Verdcourt & H. Beentje. Hypolytrum, D Simpson. Fuirena, M Muasya. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2010
- Type
- Type: West Africa, Guinea, Isert s.n. ((B-W 1095, holo.; C, iso.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Densely tufted perennial 20–70 cm tall with a stout creeping rhizome.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems crowded, 0.5–2 mm thick, scabrid above, minutely hairy below inflorescence, glabrous to hairy towards the base
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 5–25 cm long, 1–3.5 mm wide, ribbed, minutely hairy.
- Morphology Leaves Leaf sheaths
- Sheaths brown or reddish brown, hairy and with long white hairs on margins of mouth
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a terminal head of 3–10 clustered compressed ovoid spikelets, 8–15 mm long, 3–8 mm wide.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes golden or reddish brown, with green midrib, ovate to triangular, 6–8 mm long, glabrous or with hairy margin and scabrid midrib; lowest glumes at least distichously arranged
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style branches 3 Style-base reddish brown, persistent (included in length given above).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets greyish, obovoid, narrowed at base, 1.7–2 mm long, 1.2–1.5 mm wide, strongly transversely wrinkled.
- Ecology
- Seasonally flooded wooded grassland, mangrove swamps, bushland, Brachystegia etc. woodland, coconut groves, burnt grassland; 1–1400 m
- Distribution
- Range: Senegal to S Nigeria, Congo-Kinshasa, Burundi, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe Flora districts: K7 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 Z
[FWTA]
Cyperaceae, Miss S. S. Hooper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:2. 1972
- Morphology General Habit
- Tufted perennial
- Vegetative Multiplication Rhizomes
- A woody rhizome
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- A head of up to 10 large flattened spikelets
- Ecology
- Savanna woodland or grassland.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jul 22, 2006 | Kassner, T. [328], Kenya | K000333770 | No | ||
Jul 22, 2006 | Drummond, R.B. [1174], Kenya | K000333768 | No | ||
Jul 22, 2006 | Magogo, F.M. [297], Kenya | K000333767 | No | ||
Jul 22, 2006 | Thorold, C.A. [1586], Kenya | K000333769 | No | ||
Bidgood, S. [5119], Tanzania | K000190347 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [6195], Tanzania | K000468230 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [5827], Tanzania | K000468598 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [6226], Tanzania | K000469199 | No | |||
Magogo, F.M. [900], Kenya | K000333766 | No | |||
Robertson, S.A. [7012], Kenya | K000333765 | No |
First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 266 (1934)
Accepted by
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
- Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
- Lye, K.A. & Thery, P. (2012). Flore du Gabon 44: 1-230. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Bodard in Ann. Fac. Sci. Dakar 9: 61 (1963).
- in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 81: 266 (1934)
- in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 82: 341 (1935)
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso Boissiera 65: 1-391.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 81: 266 (1934) & 82: 341 (1935)
- F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 316 (1972)
- Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 96, figs. 160, 161 (1983).
- Hepper, W. Afr. Herb. Isert & Thonning: 136 (1976)
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