Distribution Map

Bulbostylis burchellii

           

Cyperaceae Cyperoideae Abildgaardieae 

As at April 2024, 9 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Bulbostylis contexta - Densely tufted. Leaves very numerous, up to 9 cm long, very slender, sheaths hairy. Inflorescence stalk erect, slender, up to 20 cm high, spikelets single on very slender spreading branching stalks up to 5 mm long, narrow-oval, c 5 mm long x 1 mm diam.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.