Bulbostylis

Accepted species 227 Documented here 11 Family Cyperaceae

Accepted species 227 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Bulbostylis capillaris (L.) Kunth ex C.B.Clarke 54 documented
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia (Elliott) Fernald 49 documented
Bulbostylis warei (Torr.) C.B.Clarke 46 documented
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke 36 documented
Bulbostylis burchellii (Ficalho & Hiern) C.B.Clarke 15 documented
Bulbostylis paradoxa (Spreng.) Lindm. 11 documented
Bulbostylis stenophylla (Elliott) C.B.Clarke 10 documented
Bulbostylis humilis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 6 documented
Bulbostylis tenuifolia (Rudge) J.F.Macbr. 6 documented
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) Bodard 5 documented
Bulbostylis oritrephes (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke 4 documented
Bulbostylis firingalavensis Cherm. 2 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis abbreviata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis abortiva (Steud.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis acutangula Roxb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis acutispicata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis afromicrocephala Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis afroorientalis (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis albidostricta Veltjen & Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis amambayensis Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis amazonica Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis andongensis (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis andringitrensis Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis angolensis (C.B.Clarke) Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis angustispicata (Lye) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis arcuata Kral 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis argenteobrunea C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis aspera M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis asperula (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis atracuminata (Larridon, Reynders & Goetgh.) Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis atrosanguinea (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis aturensis (Maury) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis basalis Fosberg 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis bathiei Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis bodardii S.S.Hooper 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis boeckeleriana (Schweinf.) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis boivinii C.B.Clarke ex Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis boliviana Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis bozumensis Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis brevifolia Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis briziformis (Hutch.) Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis brunneoacuminata Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis buchananii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis bulbostyloides (S.S.Hooper) Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis burbidgeae K.L.Wilson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis cangae C.S.Nunes & A.Gil 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis capitata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis capitulatoradiata Browning & Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis carajana Kral & M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis cardiocarpoides Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis cioniana (Pi.Savi) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis circinata (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis clarkeana Hutch. ex Bodard 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis coleotricha (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis communis M.G.López & D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis comorensis C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis congolensis De Wild. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis conifera (Kunth) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis conostachya (Boeckeler) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis consanguinea Nees 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis consanguinea (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis conspicua (Boeckeler) H.Pfeiff. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis contracta (Kük. ex Osten) M.G.López & D.A.Simpson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis craspedota Chiov. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis cruciformis (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis cupricola Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis curassavica (Britton) Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis cylindrica C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis decaryi Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis decidua Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis densa (Wall.) Hand.-Mazz. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis densicaespitosa (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis densiflora (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis distichoides Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis edwalliana (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis elegantissima (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis eleocharoides Kral & M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis emmerichiae T.Koyama 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis equitans (Kük.) Raymond 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis eustachii J.M.Black ex Eardley 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis fasciculata Uittien 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis festucoides (Poir.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis fimbriata (Nees) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis fimbristyloides C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis flexuosa (Ridl.) Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis floccosa (Griseb.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis fluviatilis Kral & Davidse 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis funckii (Steud.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis fusiformis Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis glaberrima Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis graminifolia C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis guaglianoneae M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis guineensis Cherm. ex Bodard 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis hensii (C.B.Clarke) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis heterostachya Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis hispidula (Vahl) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis humpatensis Meneses 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis igneotonsa Raymond 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis itremoensis Lye ex Rasam. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis jacobinae (Steud.) Lindm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis johnstonii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis junciformis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis juncoides (Vahl) Kük. ex Herter 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis kanongaensis Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis labillardierei (Steud.) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lacunosa (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis laeta C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lagoensis (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lanata (Kunth) Lindm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis laniceps C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis laniceps C.B.Clarke ex T.Durand & Schinz 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lanifera (Boeckeler) Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lateritica Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis latifolia Kral & M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis laxispicata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis leiolepis (Kük.) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis leucostachya (Kunth) Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis leucostachya C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis litoreamazonicola J.Maciel-Silva & A.Gil 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis loefgrenii (Boeckeler) Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lolokweensis Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis lombardii Kral & M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis longiradiata Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis longispicata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis macra (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis macrostachya (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis mahafalensis Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis major Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis malawiensis (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis maritima Sunil, V.P.Prasad & Naveen Kum. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis medusae Prata, Reynders & Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis melanocephala (Ridl.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis meruensis Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis micans Lindm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis micranthera Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis microcarpa (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis microelegans (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis micromucronata Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis microrotundata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis minensis Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis mlangoyajehenum Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis moggii Schönland & Turrill 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis mucronata C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis multispiculata Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis neglecta (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis nemoides Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis neocapitata Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis nesiotica (I.M.Johnst.) Fernald 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis nesiotis (Hemsl.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis nudiuscula (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis oligostachya C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis oligostachys (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis ottonis (Boeckeler) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pachypoda Kral & M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pallescens (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis paraensis C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis parvinux C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pauciflora (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis perrieri Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pilosa (Willd.) Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pluricephala (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pohliana (Boeckeler) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis psammophila Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pseudocollina Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pseudojunciformis (Boeckeler) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis puberula Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pubescens (C.Presl) Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pusilla (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis pyriformis S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis quaternella (Ridl.) Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis rarissima (Steud.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis raynalii (S.S.Hooper ex Larridon & Goetgh.) Larridon & Roalson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis renschii (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis rhizomatosa (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis rotundata (Kük.) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis rufescens (Boeckeler) Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis rugosa M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis rumokensis Cherm. ex Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis scabra (J.Presl & C.Presl) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis scabricaulis Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis schaffneri (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis schimperiana (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis schlechteri C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis schoenoides (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis schomburgkiana (Steud.) M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis scirpoides Kral & M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis scrobiculata (Lye) Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis sellowiana (Kunth) Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis setacea (Griseb.) Svenson 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis smithii Barros 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis somaliensis Lye 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis sphaerocephala (Boeckeler) Lindm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis splendens M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis squarrosa (Lye) Verdc. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis stenocarpa Kük. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis striata (Ruiz & Pav.) H.Pfeiff. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis subaphylla C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis subsphaerocephala E.G.Camus 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis subspinescens C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis subtilis M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis surinamensis Uittien 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis svensoniana Steyerm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis swamyi Govind. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis tanzaniae (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis taylorii C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis tenella (Link) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis tenerrima (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.) Palla 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis thouarsii (Roem. & Schult.) Lye ex Veldkamp & Verloove 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis tisserantii Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis trabeculata C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis trichobasis (Baker) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis trilobata Kral 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis trullata Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis truncata (Nees) M.T.Strong 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis tuerckheimii Urb. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis turbinata S.T.Blake 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis ugandensis (Lye) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis vanderystii Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis vestita (Kunth) C.B.Clarke 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis viguieri Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis viridecarinata (De Wild.) Goetgh. 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis wanderleyana Prata & M.G.López 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis warmingii (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke ex Beetle 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis wombaliensis (De Wild.) R.W.Haines 0 below the evidence gate
Bulbostylis xerophila Cherm. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.