Bolboschoenus

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Bolboschoenus is a genus of plants in the sedge family, of nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Epipaleolithic and Neolithic peoples used ground root tubers of these plants to make the first breads.Accepted speciesBolboschoenus caldwellii (V.J.Cook) Soják – Australia, New Zealand Bolboschoenus capensis (Burm.f.) Holub – Cape Province of South Africa Bolboschoenus fluviatilis (Torr.) Soják – Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Canada, United States, northeastern Mexico Bolboschoenus glaucus (Lam.) S.G.Sm. – southern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, India, Mongolia Bolboschoenus grandispicus (Steud.) Lewej. & Lobin – coastal dunes in Senegal Bolboschoenus laticarpus Marhold, Hroudová, Ducháček & Zákr – central Europe from Britain and France to Ukraine; Algeria, Turkey Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla in W.D.J.Koch – widespread across much of temperate and subtropical Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America and various islands Bolboschoenus medianus (V.J.Cook) Soják – Australia, New Zealand Bolboschoenus nobilis (Ridl.) Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson – Angola, Namibia Bolboschoenus novae-angliae (Britton) S.G.Sm. – northeastern United States from Maine south along the seacoast to Georgia Bolboschoenus planiculmis (F.Schmidt) T.V.Egorova – much of Europe and Asia from Spain to Japan and south to New Guinea Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják – eastern United States; California, Bermuda, Bahamas, east coast of Mexico, New Brunswick, northern South America Bolboschoenus schmidii (Raymond) Holub – Iran, Central Asia Bolboschoenus stagnicola (Raymond) Soják. – Pakistan Bolboschoenus yagara (Ohwi) Y.C.Yang & M.Zhan – northern Eurasia from Germany and Sweden to Japan and Kamchatka, including Russia, Siberia, China

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