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471.010 Bulbostylis
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves usually very narrow and almost filiform, usually with tufts of hairs at the mouth of the leaf sheath. Inflorescence an anthela. Glumes spirally arranged; the lowest 1-2 may be empty, the others bisexual. Perianth 0. Stamens 2-3; stigmas 2-3, the base of the style persisting as a distinct rim or knob. Nutlet biconvex if stigmas 2, trigonous if stigmas 3. Nutlet smooth, tuberculate or, more often, transversely wrinkled. Zimbabwe: 20 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| abortiva (Steud.) C.B. Clarke | N,C | Description, Image |
| buchananii C.B. Clarke | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B. Clarke | N,W,C,E,S | Image |
| collina (Kunth) C.B. Clarke | E | |
| contexta (Nees) M. Bodard | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. | N,W,C,S | |
| filamentosa (Vahl) C.B. Clarke | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| hispidula (Vahl) R.W. Haines | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lineolata Goetgh. | N,C | |
| macra (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| megastachys (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke | N,W,C,E | |
| oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B. Clarke | E | Description, Image |
| pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. | N,E,S | Description, Image |
| schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke sens. lat. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| sp.no.2 (Phipps 318) | E | |
| sp.no.3 (Wild 5917) | W | |
| sp.no.4 (Wild 7342) | N,S | |
| sp.no.5 (Robinson 6335) | E | |
| sp.no.6 (Robinson 1927) | E | |
| trabeculata C.B. Clarke | W |
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bulbostylis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Bulbostylis
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