Bulbostylis

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Bulbostylis neglecta scale.jpg
Bulbostylis neglecta
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Bulbostylis

Type species
Bulbostylis capillaris
(L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke.
Species

100+; See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Stenophyllus Raf.
  • Oncostylis Nees

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Bulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 100 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.

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  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.