Família/Family: Cyperaceae
Grupo/Group: Monocotiledón/Monocotyledon.
Forma de vida/Life form:
Hierba/Herb
Duración de vida/Lifespan:
Perenne/Perennial.
Sustrato/Substrate:
Terrestre/Terrestrial.
Distribución nativa/Native range:
Indias Occidentales, México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica. / The Greater Antilles, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Mapa de ubicaciones / Map of locations
Notas/Notes:
This is very similar to
Bulbostylis junciformis and included as a synonym under that name by some authors (see Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong 2005). The distribution notes in Axelrod (2011) are unclear and infer that this species is not native to the West Indies.