Bolboschoenus is a genus of plants in the sedge family, of nearly cosmopolitan distribution.[3][4][5] Epipaleolithic and Neolithic peoples used ground root tubers of these plants to make the first breads.[6][7]
Bolboschoenus | |
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B. yagara infructescences | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Bolboschoenus (Asch.) Palla in Hallier & Brand[1] |
Type species | |
Bolboschoenus maritimus [2] | |
Synonyms[3][2] | |
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