Cyperaceae taxon details
Bulbostylis puberula Kunth
1678295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678295)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Rhizomes absent. Culms tufted, 10-30 cm tall, slender, smooth. Leaf sheath straw-colored to brownish, thinly membranous,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Description Rhizomes absent. Culms tufted, 10-30 cm tall, slender, smooth. Leaf sheath straw-colored to brownish, thinly membranous, pubescent; leaf blade capillary, 4-6 cm × 0.4-0.8 mm, abaxially pubescent, margin entire and slightly revolute, apex acuminate. Involucral bracts 2 or 3, setaceous, ca. 8 mm, base membranous, margin ciliate. Inflorescence a simple or compound anthela, with 1-3 or more spikelets, often congested to almost capitate, sometimes reduced to a single spikelet. Spikelets ovoid-oblong to ovoid, 3-6 × 1-2 mm, 7-21-flowered, base obtuse to rounded, apex acute. Glumes brownish to dark brown, ovate to broadly ovate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, keeled, membranous, abaxially pubescent, margin ciliate, apex with a 1-3-veined yellowish green costa excurrent into a recurved mucro. Stamen 1; anther oblong, apex acute. Style filiform, base depressed globose; stigmas 3. Nutlet white to grayish yellow, obovoid, ca. 0.8 × 0.5-0.6 mm, 3-sided, apex contracted with a persistent depressed bulbous style base. Fl. and fr. Feb-Jun. 2n = 20. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Bulbostylis puberula Kunth. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678295 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet., available online at http://www.theplantlist.org [details]
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Description Rhizomes absent. Culms tufted, 10-30 cm tall, slender, smooth. Leaf sheath straw-colored to brownish, thinly membranous, pubescent; leaf blade capillary, 4-6 cm × 0.4-0.8 mm, abaxially pubescent, margin entire and slightly revolute, apex acuminate. Involucral bracts 2 or 3, setaceous, ca. 8 mm, base membranous, margin ciliate. Inflorescence a simple or compound anthela, with 1-3 or more spikelets, often congested to almost capitate, sometimes reduced to a single spikelet. Spikelets ovoid-oblong to ovoid, 3-6 × 1-2 mm, 7-21-flowered, base obtuse to rounded, apex acute. Glumes brownish to dark brown, ovate to broadly ovate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 mm, keeled, membranous, abaxially pubescent, margin ciliate, apex with a 1-3-veined yellowish green costa excurrent into a recurved mucro. Stamen 1; anther oblong, apex acute. Style filiform, base depressed globose; stigmas 3. Nutlet white to grayish yellow, obovoid, ca. 0.8 × 0.5-0.6 mm, 3-sided, apex contracted with a persistent depressed bulbous style base. Fl. and fr. Feb-Jun. 2n = 20. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
