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.

Hairsedges
Bulbostylis neglecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Tribe:	Abildgaardieae
Genus:	Bulbostylis Kunth
Type species
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B. Clarke.
Species
100+; See text
Synonyms[1]
Stenophyllus Raf. Oncostylis Nees

Selected species:

• Bulbostylis barbata - watergrass
• Bulbostylis bathiei
• Bulbostylis boeckleriana^[2]
• Bulbostylis burbidgeae
• Bulbostylis cangae
• Bulbostylis capillaris - densetuft hairsedge
• Bulbostylis ciliatifolia - capillary hairsedge
• Bulbostylis cioniana (Savi) Lye
• Bulbostylis coleotricha
• Bulbostylis curassavica - West Indian hairsedge
• Bulbostylis eleocharoides
• Bulbostylis fasciculata
• Bulbostylis fluviatilis
• Bulbostylis funckii - Funck's hairsedge
• Bulbostylis haitiensis
• Bulbostylis hispidula
• Bulbostylis junciformis - Caribbean hairsedge
• Bulbostylis juncoides - rush hairsedge
• Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana - tussock sedge
• Bulbostylis neglecta - neglected tuftsedge
• Bulbostylis pauciflora - fewflower hairsedge
• Bulbostylis schaffneri - Schaffner's hairsedge
• Bulbostylis stenophylla - sandy field hairsedge
• Bulbostylis turbinata
• Bulbostylis vestita - tufted hairsedge
• Bulbostylis warei - Ware's hairsedge