Bulbostylis densa

Bulbostylis densa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Abildgaardieae
Genus: Bulbostylis
Species: Bulbostylis densa
Subspecies & Varietiesː B. d. subsp. afromontana – B. d. var. cameroonensis – B. d. var. capitata – B. d. subsp. densa

Name

Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz., 1930

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Abildgaardia densa (Wall.) Lye in Bot. Not. 127: 496 (1974)
  • Bulbostylis capillaris f. densus (Wall.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 652 (1894)
  • Bulbostylis tenuissima Nakai in Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 129 (1952), nom. illeg.
  • Fimbristylis densa (Wall.) T.Koyama & T.I.Chuang in Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 13: 229 (1960), nom. illeg.
  • Isolepis densa (Wall.) Schult. in Mant. 2: 70 (1824)
  • Isolepis tenuissima D.Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 40 (1825), nom. illeg.
  • Scirpus densus Wall. in W.Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 1: 231 (1820)
  • Stenophyllus capillaris var. densus (Wall.) H.Pfeiff. in Bot. Arch. 6: 188, 193 (1924)
  • Stenophyllus capillaris var. laxa H.Pfeiff. in Bot. Arch. 6: 188, 193 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regional: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to S. Russian Far East Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China Southeast, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hand.-Mazz., 1930. Vegetationsbilder 20:16.

Additional references

• Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Bulbostylis densa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Bulbostylis densa. Published online. Accessed: May 21 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. Bulbostylis densa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 May 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Bulbostylis densa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 May 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bulbostylis densa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reference page.