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Bulbostylis junciformis C.B.Clarke

Caribbean hairsedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Bulbostylis

Characteristics

Culms bulbous-thickened at base, 2-4-dm. high, filiform, glabrous; leaves setaceous, shorter than the culms; bracts mostly shorter than the umbellate in-florescence; spikelets 4-6 mm. long, dark brown, numerous in each glomerule; scales castaneous to dull reddish-brown; achene obovate, trigonous, 0.7-0.9 mm. long, truncate at apex, brown to bluish-gray.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Uses medicinal
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Therapeutic use Dysentery (unspecified)
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Distribution

Bulbostylis junciformis world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:38049-2
WFO ID wfo-0000342227
COL ID NSDZ
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INPN ID 731762
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Synonyms

Scirpus junciformis Fimbristylis junciformis Bulbostylis junciformis Scirpus humboldtii Scirpus junciformis Scirpus juncoides Isolepis congesta Isolepis junciformis Isolepis berlandieri Scirpus congestus Stenophyllus junciformis Scirpus berlandieri Oncostylis junciformis f. laxa Scirpus junciformis f. robustus Scirpus humboldtiana Bulbostylis junciformis Oncostylis junciformis Scirpus lusulinus Scirpus luzulinus Bulbostylis junciformis var. congesta Bulbostylis junciformis var. fulvicoma Bulbostylis junciformis var. laxiuscula Oncostylis junciformis var. ambigua Oncostylis junciformis var. congesta Oncostylis junciformis var. humboldtiana Oncostylis junciformis var. speciosior Oncostylis junciformis var. stricta Bulbostylis junciformis var. ambigua
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