Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke (1893: 651) ≡ Scirpus barbatus (Rottbøll 1772:27) Type:— Locality unknown: Anonymous 68 (holotype: C, C1000999!). = Bulbostylis eriophora (Steud.) H. Pfeiff (1943: 129), syn. nov. ≡ Cyperus eriophorus Steud. (1854: 50). Type:— China. Macao: 1832, J. Decaisne s.n. (holotype: P, P00068170!, the image of the holotype is available at https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/ p/item/p00068170). Distribution and habitat: —In China, Bulbostylis barbata is distributed in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shandong, Taiwan, Zhejiang. It is also distributed in Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kashmir, Korea, Laos, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; tropical Africa, Atlantic Ocean islands, Australia, Indian Ocean islands, and North and Central America. The species grows on swamps, river margins, sandy places by water, shallow water, along trails, shady places and fields at elevations between 100–1300(–2500) m above sea level. Phenology: —Flowering and fruiting in July to November. Additional specimens examined: CHINA. Guangdong: C.O. Levine 1118 (IBSC); Y.G. Liu 01230 (PE); X.L. Fan 200901207 (SN); Z. Huang 42061 (KUN); L. Deng 7032 (PE); Anonymous 35002 (PE); C.O. Levine s.n. (PE); Anonymous 869 (PE); T.N. Liou 738 (PE); W.D. Xu 00719 (PE); S.Q. Chen 8325 (PE); S.Y. Hu 8655 (PE).

Published as part of Li, Bang-Ze & Zhang, Shu-Ren, 2021, A new synonym in Bulbostylis (Cyperaceae) from China, pp. 174-176 in Phytotaxa 529 (1) on pages 175-176, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.529.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/5814232