Cyperaceae
Bulbostylis

Bulbostylis junciformis (Kunth) C.B.Clarke

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 512 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Milliken, W. (2015). Plants for malaria, plants for fever. In: State of the World's Plants 2016. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, R.S. & Celis, M. (eds.) (2016). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia 1-2: 1-3068. Libro impreso.
  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1985 Ekman, E.L. [9403] Haiti K000632309 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kral, R.; Wanderley, M.G.L.; Cavalcanti, T.B. [75758] Brazil K001175720 Yes
Arbo, M.M.; Menezes, N.L.; Schinini, A.; Campos, M.T.V.A. [4821] Brazil K001175730 Yes
Mendonça, R.C.; Cardoso, E.; Azevedo, M.L.M.; Alvarenga, D.; Aparecida da Silva, M. [3371] Brazil K001175726 Yes
Zappi, D.C. [2703] Brazil K000747100 Yes
Aparecida da Silva, M. [2527] Brazil K001175725 Yes
Zappi, D.C. [1963] Brazil K000652067 Yes
{Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Sant'ana, S.C.; Hage, J.L.; E. B. dos Santos} [22091] Brazil K001175733 Yes
Aparecida da Silva, M.; Felfili, J.M.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Silva, J.C.S.; Santos, J.B. [2197] Brazil K001175724 Yes
Oliveira, F.C.A.; Mendoça, R.C.; Fonseca, M.L. [1042] Brazil K001175728 Yes
{Ratter, J.A.; Bertolda, J.; R. A. de Castro;R. R. de Santos;Souza, R.} [1030] Brazil K001175723 Yes
Pereira, E. [9083] Brazil K001175731 Yes
Zappi, D.C. [1623] Brazil K000652066 Yes
Glaziou, A. [[illegible] 18503] Brazil K001175721 Yes
Aparecida da Silva, M. [2617] Brazil K001175727 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Mello-Silva, R.; Junqueira, A.B.; Capeli, F.M. [334] Brazil K001175732 Yes
Nakajima, J.N.; Romero, R.; Zanini, E.; Simão, D.G. [1470] Brazil K001175737 Yes
Souza, V.C.; Zappi, D.C.; Hind, D.J.N.; Paula-Souza, J.; Romão, G.O.; Rando, J.G.; Ferreira, M.A.P.; Miranda, E.; Jennings, L. [32721] Brazil K000578512 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pena, B.S.; Ramos, J.F. [3389] Brazil K001175736 Yes
Aparecida da Silva, M.; García, M.A.; Jácomo, F.J.; Torres, O.; Ramos, F.A. [1685] Brazil K001175729 Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H 50048] Brazil K001175735 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; DeCarvalho, A.M.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L. [22472] Brazil K001175734 Yes
Goldsmith [L15] Brazil K001175722 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0