Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) Bodard [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
efinde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ofinde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abildgaardia contexta (Nees) Lye Bot. Not. 127: 495 (1974).
Bulbostylis collina (Kunth) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 613 (1894).
Bulbostylis kirkii C.B.Clarke in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 209 (1898).
Bulbostylis zeyheri (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 616 (1894).
Isolepis collina Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 208 (1837).
Bulbostylis burkei C.B.Clarke in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 7: 208 (1898).
Ficinia contexta (Nees) Nees Linnaea 9: 292 (1834).
Fimbristylis contexta (Nees) Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 245 (1837).
Scirpus burkei (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 329 (1900).
Scirpus collinus Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 746 (1870).
Scirpus kirkii (C.B.Clarke) K.Schum. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 329 (1900).
Scirpus macrolepis Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 614 (1894), not validly publ.
Scirpus trispiculatus Boeckeler ex C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 613 (1894), not validly publ.
Scirpus zeyheri Boeckeler Linnaea 36: 752 (1870).
Stenophyllus collinus (Kunth) Chiov. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 299 (1939).
Trichelostylis contexta Nees Linnaea 10: 146 (1835).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abildgaardia contexta (Nees) Lye	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bulbostylis collina (Kunth) C.B.Clarke	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) Bodard	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees) M.Bodard	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Bulbostylis contexta (Nees)M.Bodard	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bulbostylis kirkii C.B.Clarke	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bulbostylis zeyheri C.B.Clarke	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Isolepis collina Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images