Bolboschoenus

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 species

• Bolboschoenus 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 (from Tamaulipas to Tabasco), 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