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Bulbostylis
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:
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Densetuft Hairsedge
speciesBulbostylis capillaris
Watergrass
speciesBulbostylis barbata
Capillary Hairsedge
speciesBulbostylis ciliatifolia
Ware's Hairsedge
speciesBulbostylis warei
Bulbostylis paradoxa
speciesBulbostylis paradoxa
Bulbostylis burchellii
speciesBulbostylis burchellii
Bulbostylis oritrephes
speciesBulbostylis oritrephes
Sandy Field Hairsedge
speciesBulbostylis stenophylla
Slender Sedge
speciesBulbostylis hispidula
Bulbostylis lanata
speciesBulbostylis lanata
Bulbostylis juncoides
speciesBulbostylis juncoides
Bulbostylis densa
speciesBulbostylis densa
Bulbostylis conifera
speciesBulbostylis conifera
Bulbostylis tenuifolia
speciesBulbostylis tenuifolia
Shy Sedge
speciesBulbostylis humilis
Bulbostylis junciformis
speciesBulbostylis junciformis
Bulbostylis contexta
speciesBulbostylis contexta
Bulbostylis schoenoides
speciesBulbostylis schoenoides
St. Helena Tussock-Sedge
speciesBulbostylis lichtensteiniana
Bulbostylis nesiotica
speciesBulbostylis nesiotica
Bulbostylis stenocarpa
speciesBulbostylis stenocarpa
Bulbostylis firingalavensis
speciesBulbostylis firingalavensis
Bulbostylis thouarsii
speciesBulbostylis thouarsii
Bulbostylis arcuata
speciesBulbostylis arcuata
Bulbostylis mahafalensis
speciesBulbostylis mahafalensis
Bulbostylis trichobasis
speciesBulbostylis trichobasis
Bulbostylis vestita
speciesBulbostylis vestita
Bulbostylis jacobinae
speciesBulbostylis jacobinae
Neglected Tuft Sedge
speciesBulbostylis neglecta
Bulbostylis scleropus
speciesBulbostylis scleropus
Bulbostylis filamentosa
speciesBulbostylis filamentosa
Bulbostylis bathiei
speciesBulbostylis bathiei
Bulbostylis micranthera
speciesBulbostylis micranthera
Bulbostylis basalis
speciesBulbostylis basalis
Bulbostylis curassavica
speciesBulbostylis curassavica
Bulbostylis boeckeleriana
speciesBulbostylis boeckeleriana
Bulbostylis festucoides
speciesBulbostylis festucoides
Bulbostylis schaffneri
speciesBulbostylis schaffneri
Bulbostylis contracta
speciesBulbostylis contracta
Bulbostylis pilosa
speciesBulbostylis pilosa
Bulbostylis pusilla
speciesBulbostylis pusilla
Bulbostylis andringitrensis
speciesBulbostylis andringitrensis
Bulbostylis subaphylla
speciesBulbostylis subaphylla
Bulbostylis macra
speciesBulbostylis macra
Bulbostylis pauciflora
speciesBulbostylis pauciflora
Bulbostylis decaryi
speciesBulbostylis decaryi
Bulbostylis scabra
speciesBulbostylis scabra
Bulbostylis nemoides
speciesBulbostylis nemoides
Bulbostylis turbinata
speciesBulbostylis turbinata
Bulbostylis cioniana
speciesBulbostylis cioniana
Bulbostylis trilobata
speciesBulbostylis trilobata
Bulbostylis clarkeana
speciesBulbostylis clarkeana
Bulbostylis fusiformis
speciesBulbostylis fusiformis
Bulbostylis trabeculata
speciesBulbostylis trabeculata
Bulbostylis abortiva
speciesBulbostylis abortiva
Bulbostylis coleotricha
speciesBulbostylis coleotricha
Bulbostylis mucronata
speciesBulbostylis mucronata
Bulbostylis parvinux
speciesBulbostylis parvinux
Bulbostylis scabricaulis
speciesBulbostylis scabricaulis
Bulbostylis schlechteri
speciesBulbostylis schlechteri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72022.