- Family:
- Cyperaceae Juss.
Bulbostylis Kunth

[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs of small to medium size
- Morphology Stem
- Stems erect or somewhat curved, triangular, polyangular or almost terete, glabrous, scabrid or hairy
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves near the base only; blades well-developed, flat or filiform or rarely reduced to sheaths, usually with long flexuose hairs at the opening of the sheaths
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a lax anthela, a head of congested spikelets or reduced to a single terminal spikelet; involucral bracts leafy or glume-like, often shorter than the inflorescence
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets with few–numerous spirally arranged glumes, all scales fertile or 1–2 lowermost without flowers
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes pale, reddish brown to almost black, often with green midrib, ovate to orbicular with obtuse or acute apex, sometimes the midrib extended into an awn, glabrous or more commonly scabrid or short-hairy
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 1–3
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style with 2 or (commonly) 3 stigmas
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlet obovate to obcordate, obtusely or sharply triangular, rarely biconvex, pale, grey, reddish brown to almost black; surface smooth, transversely wrinkled, papillose, reticulate or longitudinally striate; the style base swollen and often persisting on the mature nutlet as a small knob.
- Distribution
- About 220 species in all tropical regions, but especially common in tropical Africa
- Ecology
- Growing in relatively drier habitats than most other members of Cyperaceae.
[FTEA]
Cyperaceae, K Hoenselaar, B. Verdcourt & H. Beentje. Hypolytrum, D Simpson. Fuirena, M Muasya. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2010
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs
- Morphology Culms
- Culms stems scapose, rarely many-noded
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves usually with well developed blades, rarely reduced to sheaths.
- Morphology Leaves Leaf sheaths
- Sheaths usually with 2 lateral tufts of hairs
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Involucral bracts leaf-like or glume-like
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence usually lax but frequently a compact head of spikelets or sometimes reduced to a single spikelet.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes spirally arranged, pale to almost black, often with a green midrib, sometimes distinctly mucronate or awned, glabrous to pubescent or scabrid
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth
- Perianth absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 1–3.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style with 1–3 stigmas Style base enlarged, usually persistent as a small knob or in a few species deciduous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets obovoid to obconic, usually ± trigonous, with various sculpturing.
- Note
- About 100 species thoughout the tropics; in the flora area 52 species have been recognised. Lye in Mitt. Bot. Staatss. München 10: 539–547 (1971) and Goetghebeur & Coudijzer in B.J.B.B. 55: 207–259 (1985) have discussed the concept of the genus. In Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes of E. Afr. (1983) a curious dual nomenclature quite contrary to the Code is employed when each species has one name in Abildgaardia and another in Bulbostylis, both treated as correct names; which is not permissible. The names using the genus Bulbostylis are accepted here but the Abildgaardia names treated in the synonymy. Later in Fl. Eth. Lye treated Abildgaardia and Bulbostylis separately, as did Gordon-Gray in Strelitzia 2 (1995); this is followed in the present account.
[FTEA]
Cyperaceae, K Hoenselaar, B. Verdcourt & H. Beentje. Hypolytrum, D Simpson. Fuirena, M Muasya. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2010
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial
- Morphology Culms
- Culms scapose
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves often distichous, ligulate or eligulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Involucral bracts inconspicuous, often erect
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a solitary spikelet or one sessile and 1-several stalked spikelets with main bract filiform to leafy, usually less than 1 cm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets dark brown to almost black, broadly ovoid with many spirally arranged ovate or oblong glumes which have an indistinct midrib and are persistent on the rachilla after the nutlets have fallen
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style 2-branched
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Nutlets smooth without persistent style-base.
Native to:
Alabama, Aldabra, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazan-retto, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Extinct in:
Italy
Introduced into:
Chagos Archipelago, France, Hawaii, Italy
- Bulbostylis abbreviata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis abortiva (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis acutespicata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis afromicrocephala Lye
- Bulbostylis afroorientalis (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis albidostricta Veltjen & Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis amambayensis Barros
- Bulbostylis amazonica Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis andongensis (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis andringitrensis Cherm.
- Bulbostylis angolensis (C.B.Clarke) Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis angustispicata (Lye) Verdc.
- Bulbostylis arcuata Kral
- Bulbostylis argenteobrunea C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis aspera M.G.López
- Bulbostylis asperula (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis atracuminata (Larridon, Reynders & Goetgh.) Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis atrosanguinea (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis aturensis (Maury) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis basalis Fosberg
- Bulbostylis bathiei Cherm.
- Bulbostylis bodardii S.S.Hooper
- Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle
- Bulbostylis boivinii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.
- Bulbostylis boliviana Palla
- Bulbostylis bozumensis Cherm.
- Bulbostylis brevifolia Palla
- Bulbostylis briziformis (Hutch.) Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis brunneoacuminata Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis buchananii C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis bulbostyloides (S.S.Hooper) Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis burbidgeae K.L.Wilson
- Bulbostylis burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis cangae C.S.Nunes & A.Gil
- Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis capitata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis capitulatoradiata Browning & Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis carajana Kral & M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis cardiocarpoides Cherm.
- Bulbostylis ciliatifolia (Elliott) Fernald
- Bulbostylis cioniana (Pi.Savi) Lye
- Bulbostylis circinata (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis clarkeana Hutch. ex Bodard
- Bulbostylis coleotricha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis communis M.G.López & D.A.Simpson
- Bulbostylis comorensis C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis congolensis De Wild.
- Bulbostylis conifera (Kunth) Beetle
- Bulbostylis conostachya (Boeckeler) Beetle
- Bulbostylis consanguinea (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis conspicua (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff.
- Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) Bodard
- Bulbostylis contracta (Kük. ex Osten) M.G.López & D.A.Simpson
- Bulbostylis craspedota Chiov.
- Bulbostylis cruciformis (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis cupricola Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis curassavica (Britton) Kük. & Ekman
- Bulbostylis cylindrica C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis decaryi Cherm.
- Bulbostylis decidua Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz.
- Bulbostylis densicaespitosa (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis densiflora (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis distichoides Lye
- Bulbostylis edwalliana (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis elegantissima (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis eleocharoides Kral & M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis emmerichiae T.Koyama
- Bulbostylis equitans (Kük.) Raymond
- Bulbostylis eustachii J.M.Black ex Eardley
- Bulbostylis fasciculata Uittien
- Bulbostylis festucoides (Poir.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis fimbriata (Nees) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis fimbristyloides C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis firingalavensis Cherm.
- Bulbostylis flexuosa (Ridl.) Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis floccosa (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis fluviatilis Kral & Davidse
- Bulbostylis funckii (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis fusiformis Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis glaberrima Kük.
- Bulbostylis graminifolia C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis guaglianoneae M.G.López
- Bulbostylis guineensis Cherm. ex Bodard
- Bulbostylis hensii (C.B.Clarke) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis heterostachya Cherm.
- Bulbostylis hispidula (Vahl) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis humilis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis humpatensis Meneses
- Bulbostylis igneotonsa Raymond
- Bulbostylis jacobinae (Steud.) Lindm.
- Bulbostylis johnstonii C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis junciformis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis juncoides (Vahl) Kük. ex Herter
- Bulbostylis kanongaensis Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis labillardierei (Steud.) Beetle
- Bulbostylis lacunosa (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis laeta C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis lagoensis (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis lanata (Kunth) Lindm.
- Bulbostylis laniceps C.B.Clarke ex T.Durand & Schinz
- Bulbostylis lanifera (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Bulbostylis lateritica Cherm.
- Bulbostylis latifolia Kral & M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis laxispicata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis leiolepis (Kük.) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis leucostachya (Kunth) Kunth
- Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis loefgrenii (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis lolokweensis Verdc.
- Bulbostylis lombardii Kral & M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis longiradiata Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis longispicata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis macra (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis macrostachya (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis mahafalensis Cherm.
- Bulbostylis major Palla
- Bulbostylis malawiensis (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis maritima Sunil, V.P.Prasad & Naveen Kum.
- Bulbostylis medusae Prata, Reynders & Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis melanocephala (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis meruensis Verdc.
- Bulbostylis micans Lindm.
- Bulbostylis micranthera Cherm.
- Bulbostylis microcarpa (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis microelegans (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis micromucronata Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis microrotundata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis minensis Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis mlangoyajehenum Verdc.
- Bulbostylis moggii Schönland & Turrill
- Bulbostylis mucronata C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis multispiculata Cherm.
- Bulbostylis neglecta (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis nemoides Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis neocapitata Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis nesiotica (I.M.Johnst.) Fernald
- Bulbostylis nesiotis (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis nudiuscula (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis oligostachys (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis ottonis (Boeckeler) Beetle
- Bulbostylis pachypoda Kral & M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis pallescens (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis paradoxa (Spreng.) Lindm.
- Bulbostylis paraensis C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis parvinux C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis pauciflora (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis perrieri Cherm.
- Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm.
- Bulbostylis pluricephala (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis pohliana (Boeckeler) Beetle
- Bulbostylis psammophila Cherm.
- Bulbostylis pseudocollina Cherm.
- Bulbostylis pseudojunciformis (Boeckeler) Beetle
- Bulbostylis pubescens (C.Presl) Svenson
- Bulbostylis pusilla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis pyriformis S.T.Blake
- Bulbostylis quaternella (Ridl.) Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis rarissima (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis raynalii (S.S.Hooper ex Larridon & Goetgh.) Larridon & Roalson
- Bulbostylis renschii (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis rhizomatosa (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis rotundata (Kük.) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis rufescens (Boeckeler) Beetle
- Bulbostylis rugosa M.G.López
- Bulbostylis rumokensis Cherm. ex Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis scabra (J.Presl & C.Presl) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis scabricaulis Cherm.
- Bulbostylis schaffneri (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis schlechteri C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis schomburgkiana (Steud.) M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis scirpoides Kral & M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis scrobiculata (Lye) Lye
- Bulbostylis sellowiana (Kunth) Palla
- Bulbostylis setacea (Griseb.) Svenson
- Bulbostylis smithii Barros
- Bulbostylis somaliensis Lye
- Bulbostylis sphaerocephala (Boeckeler) Lindm.
- Bulbostylis splendens M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis squarrosa (Lye) Verdc.
- Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük.
- Bulbostylis stenophylla (Elliott) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis striata (Ruiz & Pav.) H.Pfeiff.
- Bulbostylis subaphylla C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis subsphaerocephala E.G.Camus
- Bulbostylis subspinescens C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis subtilis M.G.López
- Bulbostylis surinamensis Uittien
- Bulbostylis svensoniana Steyerm.
- Bulbostylis swamyi Govind.
- Bulbostylis tanzaniae (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis taylorii C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis tenella (Link) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis tenerrima (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.) Palla
- Bulbostylis tenuifolia (Rudge) J.F.Macbr.
- Bulbostylis thouarsii (Roem. & Schult.) Lye ex Veldkamp & Verloove
- Bulbostylis tisserantii Cherm.
- Bulbostylis trabeculata C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis trichobasis (Baker) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis trilobata Kral
- Bulbostylis trullata Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis truncata (Nees) M.T.Strong
- Bulbostylis tuerckheimii Urb.
- Bulbostylis turbinata S.T.Blake
- Bulbostylis ugandensis (Lye) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis vanderystii Cherm.
- Bulbostylis vestita (Kunth) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis viguieri Cherm.
- Bulbostylis viridecarinata (De Wild.) Goetgh.
- Bulbostylis wanderleyana Prata & M.G.López
- Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke
- Bulbostylis wombaliensis (De Wild.) R.W.Haines
- Bulbostylis xerophila Cherm.
Bulbostylis Kunth appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bidgood, S. [5118], Tanzania | K000190346 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [6146], Tanzania | K000468279 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [5249], Tanzania | K000190477 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [5515], Tanzania | K000190745 | No | |||
Harris, T. [58], Mozambique | K000545053 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [5139], Tanzania | K000190367 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [5262], Tanzania | K000190490 | No | |||
Bidgood, S. [5506], Tanzania | K000190736 | No | |||
Rico, L. [1263], Bolivia | K000295081 | No |
First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 205 (1837)
Accepted by
- 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.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- C.B. Cl. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 651 (1893)
- F.T.A. 8: 427 (1902).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Hook. f., Fl. Br. India 6: 651 (1893)*, nom. conserv.
- Taxon 17: 446 (1968)
-
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
-
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
-
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
-
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
-
Plants and People Africa
Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
© Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/