Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis

Bulbostylis bulbostyloides (S.S.Hooper) Larridon & Roalson

First published in Phytotaxa 395: 204 (2019)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85731362/85731369

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Cyperaceae, Miss S. S. Hooper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:2. 1972

Diagnostic
Similar to S. brachyceras but with a contracted inflorescence of dark spikelets exceeded by the erect stem-like bract and a transversely ridged achene
Morphology General Habit
A tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial with flattened orange-red shoots
Morphology Leaves
Sharp needle-like leaves bearing long hairs at the top of the sheath
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
A small number of large spikelets similar to those of S. angolensis var. brizaeformis with black or red-black papery glumes
Ecology
Marshy montane grassland. In or near water.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0