Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Bulbostylis juncoides (Vahl) Kük. ex Herter

rush hairsedge

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)

Order
Cyperales

Family
Cyperaceae

Genus
Bulbostylis

Species
juncoides

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bulbostylis hirtella (Schrad. ex Schult.) Nees. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Robinson (1902) and Stewart (1911) as Fimbristylis capillaris.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Adsersen, H. (s.a.) Field notes, 1974 and 1977 collections Charles darwin Research Station, unpublished Manuscript.
  • Eliasson, U. (1965) Studies in Galápagos Plants. II. Cyperales. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 59: 469-491.
  • Robinson, B.L. (1902) Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapgaos Islands. Proc. Amer. Acad. 38(4): 78-270.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Van der Werff, H.H. (s.a.) Pers. obs. and colls. Personal observations and collections.
  • Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Bulbostylis juncoides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=877. Accessed 31 October 2026.