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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 Date supplied Infra. rec.
Bulbostylis abbreviata (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis abortiva (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis acutangula Roxb. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis acutispicata (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis afro-orientalis (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis afromicrocephala Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis alpestris Urb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis amambayensis Barros Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis andongensis (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis andringitrensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis angustispicata (Lye) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis arcuata Kral Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis argenteobrunnea C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis aspera M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis atrosanguinea (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis aturensis (Maury) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Bulbostylis barbata Kunth Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis basalis Fosberg Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis bathiei Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis bodardii S.S.Hooper Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis boivinii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis boliviana Palla Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis bozumensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis brasiliensis Palla Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis brevifolia Palla Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis buchananii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis burbidgeae K.L.Wilson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis carajana Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis cardiocarpoides Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis ciliata (C.Presl) C.Presl ex Nees Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia (Elliott) Fernald Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis cinnamomea (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis cioniana (Pi.Savi) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis circinata (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis clarkeana Hutch. ex Bodard Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis coleotricha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis comorensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis conifera (Kunth) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis conostachya (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis consanguinea (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis consanguinea Nees Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis conspicua (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) Bodard Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis craspedota Chiov. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis cruciformis (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis cupricola Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis curassavica (Britton) Kük. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis cylindrica C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis decaryi Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Bulbostylis densicaespitosa (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis densiflora (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis distichoides Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis dubia Nees Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis edwalliana (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis elegantissima (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis eleocharoides Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis emmerichiae T.Koyama Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis eriophora (Steud.) H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis erratica (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis eustachii J.M.Black ex Eardley Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis fasciculata Uittien Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis festucoides (Poir.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis fimbriata (Nees) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis fimbristylidoides C.B. Clarke Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis fimbristyloides C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis firingalavensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis floccosa (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis fluviatilis Kral & Davidse Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis funckii (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis fusiformis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis gardneriana (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis glaberrima Kük. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis graminifolia C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis guaglianoneae M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis guineensis Cherm. ex Bodard Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis haitiensis Kük. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis hensii (C.B.Clarke) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis heterostachya Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis hispaniolica Kük. & Ekman Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis hispida (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis hispidula (Vahl) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 8
Bulbostylis humilis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis humilis Kunth Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis humpatensis Meneses Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis igneotonsa Raymond Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis jacobinae (Steud.) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis johnstonii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis junciformis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis juncoides (Vahl) Kük. ex Herter Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis kanongaensis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis labillardierei (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lacunosa (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis laeta C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lagoensis (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lanata (Kunth) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis laniceps C.B.Clarke ex T.Durand & Schinz Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis laniceps C.B. Clarke Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis lanifera (Boeckeler) Kük. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lateritica Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis latifolia Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis laxispicata (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis leiolepis (Kük.) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis leucostachya (Kunth) Kunth Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lineolata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis loefgrenii (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lolokweensis Verdc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis lombardii Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis longiradiata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis longispicata (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis macra (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis macroanthela (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis macrostachya (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis mahafalensis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis major Palla Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis malawiensis (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis medusae Prata, Reynders & Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis megastachys (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis melanocephala (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis meruensis Verdc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis micans Lindm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis micranthera Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis microcarpa (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis microelegans (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis micromucronata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis microrotundata (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis mlangoyajehenum Verdc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis moggii Schönland & Turrill Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis mozambica Raymond Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis mucronata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis multispiculata Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis neglecta (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis nemoides Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis nesiotica (I.M.Johnst.) Fernald Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis nesiotis (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis nudiuscula (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis oligostachys (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis ottonis (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pachypoda Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pallescens (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis paradoxa (Spreng.) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis paraensis C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis parvinux C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pauciflora (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis perrieri Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pluricephala (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pohliana (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis psammophila Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pseudocollina Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pseudojunciformis (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis pseudoperennis Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis puberula Kunth Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis pusilla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis pyriformis S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis quaternella (Ridl.) Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rarissima (Steud.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis renschii (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rhizomatosa (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rotundata (Kük.) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rufescens (Boeckeler) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rugosa M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rumokensis Cherm. ex Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis rupestris H. Pfeiff. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Bulbostylis scabra (J.Presl & C.Presl) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis scabricaulis Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis schaffneri (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis schlechteri C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis schomburgkiana (Steud.) M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis schraderiana (Steud.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis scirpoides Kral & M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis scleropus C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis scrobiculata (Lye) Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis sellowiana (Kunth) Palla Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis sepiacea Kral Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis setacea (Griseb.) Svenson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis smithii Barros Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis somaliensis Lye Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis sphaerocarpa (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis sphaerocephala (Boeckeler) Lindm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis splendens M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis squarrosa (Lye) Verdc. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis stenophylla (Elliott) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis striata (Ruiz & Pav.) H.Pfeiff. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis striatella C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis subaphylla C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis subsphaerocephala E.G.Camus Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis subspinescens C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis subtilis M.G.López Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis surinamensis Uittien Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis svensoniana Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis swamyi Govind. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis tanzaniae (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis taylorii C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis tenella (Link) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis tenerrima (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.) Palla Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis tenuifolia (Rudge) J.F.Macbr. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis tisserantii Cherm. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis trabeculata C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Bulbostylis trichobasis (Baker) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis trichoides (Schrad. ex Schult.) Beetle Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis trilobata Kral Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis trullata Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis truncata (Nees) M.T.Strong Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis tuerckheimii Urb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis turbinata S.T.Blake Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis ugandensis (Lye) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis vanderystii Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis vestita (Kunth) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis viguieri Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis viridicarinata (De Wild.) Goetgh. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis wilsonii (Britton) Urb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis wombaliensis (De Wild.) R.W.Haines Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Bulbostylis xerophila Cherm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 776 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bulbostylis. Of these 217 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 181 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 776 species names for the genus Bulbostylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 217 28.0%
◕ Synonym 551 71.0%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 8 1.0%

All names

The status of the 957 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bulbostylis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
◕ Accepted 236 24.7%
◕ Synonym 713 74.5%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 8 0.8%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 776 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bulbostylis, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 215 526 0 0 741 95.5%
Medium confidence 2 24 0 0 26 3.4%
Low confidence 0 1 0 8 9 1.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Bulbostylis is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 2 24 0 7 0 33 4.3%
WCSP 215 527 0 1 0 743 95.7%