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Bulbostylis

The genus Bulbostylis is in the family Cyperaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bulbostylis

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Bulbostylis abortiva (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis acutangula Roxb. Accepted M TRO
Bulbostylis afro-orientalis (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis alpestris Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis amambayensis Barros Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis andongensis (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted L WCSP
Bulbostylis andringitrensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis arcuata Kral Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis argentobrunnea C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis aspera M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis atrosanguinea (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis aturensis (Maury) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis basalis Fosberg Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis bathiei Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis bodardii S.S.Hooper Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis boivinii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis boliviana Palla Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis bozumensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis brasiliensis Palla Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis brevifolia Palla Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis buchananii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis burbidgeae K.L.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis carajana Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis cardiocarpoides Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis ciliata (C.Presl) C.Presl ex Nees Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia (Elliott) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis cinnamomea (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis cioniana (Pi.Savi) Lye Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis circinata (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis clarkeana Hutch. ex Bodard Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis coleotricha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis comorensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis congolensis De Wild. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis conifera (Kunth) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis conostachya (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis consanguinea (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis conspicua (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) Bodard Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis craspedota Chiov. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis cruciformis (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis cupricola Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis curassavica (Britton) Kük. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis cylindrica C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis decaryi Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis densicaespitosa (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis disticha Ohwi & T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis distichoides Lye Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis edwalliana (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis elegantissima (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis eleocharoides Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis emmerichiae T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis eriophora (Steud.) H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis erratica (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis eustachii J.M.Black ex Eardley Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis fasciculata Uittien Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis festucoides (Poir.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis fimbriata (Nees) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis fimbristyloides C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis firingalavensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis flexuosa (Ridl.) Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis floccosa (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis fluviatilis Kral & Davidse Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis funckii (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis fusiformis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis gardneriana (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis glaberrima Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis graminifolia C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis guaglianoneae M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis guineensis Cherm. ex Bodard Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis haitiensis Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis hensii (C.B.Clarke) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis heterostachya Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis hispaniolica Kük. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis hispida (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis hispidula (Vahl) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis humilis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis humpatensis Meneses Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis igneotonsa Raymond Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis jacobinae (Steud.) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis johnstonii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis junciformis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis juncoides (Vahl) Kük. ex Herter Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis kanongaensis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis kirkii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis labillardierei (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis laeta C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lagoensis (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lanata (Kunth) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis laniceps C.B.Clarke ex T.Durand & Schinz Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lanifera (Boeckeler) Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lateritica Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis latifolia Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis leiolepis (Kük.) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis leucostachya (Kunth) Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lineolata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis loefgrenii (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis lombardii Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis longiradiata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis macra (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis macrostachya (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis mahafalensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis major Palla Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis medusae Prata, Reynders & Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis megastachys (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis melanocephala (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis micans Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis micranthera Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis microcarpa (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis microelegans (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis micromucronata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis moggii Schönland & Turrill Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis mozambica Raymond Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis mucronata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis multispiculata Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis neglecta (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis nemoides Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis nesiotica (I.M.Johnst.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis nesiotis (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis oligostachys (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis ottonis (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pachypoda Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pallescens (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis paradoxa (Spreng.) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis paraensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis parvinux C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pauciflora (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis perrieri Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pohliana (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis psammophila Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pseudocollina Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pseudojunciformis (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pseudoperennis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis puberula C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pusilla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis pyriformis S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis quaternella (Ridl.) Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis radiciflora (Maury) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis rarissima (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis renschii (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis rhizomatosa (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis rotundata (Kük.) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis rufescens (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis rugosa M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis rumokensis Cherm. ex Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis scabra (J.Presl & C.Presl) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis scabricaulis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis schaffneri (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis schlechteri C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis schomburgkiana (Steud.) M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis schraderiana (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis scirpoides Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis scleropus C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis sellowiana (Kunth) Palla Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis sepiacea Kral Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis setacea (Griseb.) Svenson Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis smithii Barros Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis somaliensis Lye Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis sphaerocarpa (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis sphaerocephala (Boeckeler) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis splendens M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis stenophylla (Elliott) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis striata (Ruiz & Pav.) H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis subaphylla C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis subsphaerocephala E.G.Camus Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis subspinescens C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis subtilis M.G.López Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis subumbellata (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis surinamensis Uittien Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis svensoniana Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis swamyi Govind. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis tanzaniae (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis taylorii (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis tenella (Link) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis tenerrima (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.) Palla Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis tenuifolia (Rudge) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis trabeculata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis trichobasis (Baker) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis trichoides (Schrad. ex Schult.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis trilobata Kral Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis trullata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis truncata (Nees) M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis tuerckheimii Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis turbinata S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis ugandensis (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis vaginosa Kük. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis vanderystii Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis vestita (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis viguieri Cherm. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis viridicarinata (De Wild.) Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis wilsonii (Britton) Urb. Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis wombaliensis (De Wild.) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP
Bulbostylis xerophila Cherm. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 307 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bulbostylis. Of these 205 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 84 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bulbostylis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 307 species names for the genus Bulbostylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 205 66.8%
◕ Synonym 96 31.3%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.3%
◕ Unassessed 5 1.6%

All names

The status of the 391 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bulbostylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 228 58.3%
◕ Synonym 156 39.9%
◕ Unplaced 1 0.3%
◕ Unassessed 6 1.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 307 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bulbostylis, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 203 72 0 0 275 89.6%
Medium confidence 1 23 0 0 24 7.8%
Low confidence 1 1 1 5 8 2.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Bulbostylis, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 23 0 5 0 29 9.4%
WCSP 204 73 1 0 0 278 90.6%