Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis

Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke

First published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 651 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World to E. China. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Inner Mongolia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, South Australia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Alabama, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Korea, Louisiana, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • 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].
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Marais, W. & Araujo, A.C. (2018). Flore des Mascareignes 202: 1-99. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
  • Middleton, D.J. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora of Singapore 7: 1-525. Singapore Botanic Gardens.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 477
  • excluding syn. Scirpus barbatus Rottb., Descr. Pl. Rar. (et Descr.) 52 t. 17 f. 4 (1773).
  • in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 651 (1893)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Goodwin, Z.A. & al. (2013). A checklist of the vascular plants of the lowland savannas of Belize, Central America. Phytotaxa 101: 1-119.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  • Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Walker, E.H. (1976). Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu islands: 1-1159. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 611 (1895)
  • Durand & Schinz, Etud. Fl. Congo 1: 304 (1896)
  • F.D.-O.A. 1: 413 (1937)
  • F.T.A. 8: 431 (1902)
  • F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 3: 316 (1972)
  • Fl. Brit. India 1: 651 (1893)
  • Fl. Eth. 6: 421, fig. 212.48 (1997).
  • Fl. Somalia 4: 112, fig. 63/m–p (1995)
  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes E. Afr.: 122, figs. 232, 233 (1983)
  • J. E.A. Nat. Hist. Soc. 25 (110): 4 (1965)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2003 Riedel, L. [s.n.] Brazil K000188931 Yes
Jan 27, 1994 Kerr, A.F.G. [13014] Thailand K000498892 Yes
Jan 27, 1994 Howard, A.J. [9] Thailand K000498890 Yes
Jun 11, 1963 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [4430] Burkina Faso K000391950 Yes
Jan 1, 1963 Merrill King, R., et al. [5519] Thailand K000498878 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Kerr, A.F.G. [9040] Thailand K000498880 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Kerr, A.F.G. [20492] Thailand K000498879 Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Kerr, A.F.G. [10981] Thailand K000498897 Yes
Apr 1, 1888 Wright, C. [[691]] Hong Kong K001790019 Yes
Put [2304] Thailand K000498885 Yes
Put [2304] Thailand K000498884 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Kabuye, C.; Festo, L.; Ntore, S.; Bayona, W. [17944] Tanzania K001639409 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1349] Thailand K000498877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002080401 Yes
Wallich [2481] Nepal K001790018 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002080435 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001790012 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [211] Australia K002080748 No
Schultz [s.n.] Australia K001617217 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [7726] Thailand K000498902 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001790014 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Beentje, H.; Maunder, M.; Luke, P.A. [17211] Uganda K001612522 Yes
Mr. Webb [s.n.] Australia K002080747 No
Clarke, K.L.; Bruhl, J.J.; Wilson, K.L. [187] Australia K001612846 Yes
Clarke, K.L.; Bruhl, J.J.; Wilson, K.L. [236] Australia K001612844 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [3761] Sri Lanka K000974445 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000291028 Unknown Type Material Yes
Smitinand, T. [4576] Thailand K000498901 Yes
Boorman, J.L. [s.n.] Australia K000974419 Unknown Type Material Yes
van der Zon, A.P.M. [541] Benin K001562486 No
Smitinand, T. [10410] Thailand K000498899 Yes
Pinwill [s.n.] India K001617220 No
Thomson, T. [264] India K002080394 No
Clarke, K.L.; Bruhl, J.J.; Wilson, K.L. [221] Australia K001572902 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Hong Kong K002080376 Yes
s.coll. [3] India K001790016 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K001790017 Yes
Teysmann, J.E. [s.n.] Indonesia K000291026 Type Yes
Loher, A. [1338] Philippines K000291033 Unknown Type Material Yes
Walker, A.M. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000974444 Unknown Type Material Yes
Niyomdham, C., et al [245] Thailand K000498900 Yes
Smitinand, T. [8906] Thailand K000498896 Yes
Young, J.F. [s.n.] Philippines K000291029 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [3481 A] India K002080407 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002080436 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K001790013 Yes
Loher, A. [1655] Philippines K000291031 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cuming, H. [1508] Philippines K000291030 Type Yes
Cuming, H. [1508] Philippines K000291304 Type Yes
Teysmann, J.E. [s.n.] Indonesia K000291027 Type Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/402] Thailand K000498894 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13495] Thailand K000498883 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [13495] Thailand K000498882 Yes
Demange [26] Mali K000391948 Yes
Put [3179] Thailand K000498887 Yes
Put [3179] Thailand K000498886 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1920] Thailand K000498904 Yes
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S.; Nielsen, I.; Santisuk, T. [31891] Thailand K000498898 Yes
Demange [28] Mali K000391949 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/30] Thailand K000498893 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [90/30] Thailand K000498895 Yes
Loher, A. [1337] Philippines K000291032 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [7246] Thailand K000498903 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [829] Sri Lanka K000974443 Unknown Type Material Yes
Howard, A.J. [22] Thailand K000498881 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000974446 Unknown Type Material Yes
Amand, J. [s.n.] Indonesia K000291024 Type Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [829] Sri Lanka K000974442 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chamlong; [Ter] [1144] Thailand K000498888 Yes
Put [10] Thailand K000498889 Yes
Murata; Fukuoka, N; Phengklai, C. [T17816] Thailand K000498891 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000291025 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dr. Smith [s.n.] India Scirpus barbatus K002080395 No

Sources

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    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0