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 speciesBolboschoenus caldwellii Soják – Australia, New ZealandBolboschoenus capensis Holub – Cape Province of South AfricaBolboschoenus fluviatilis Soják – Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Canada, United States, northeastern MexicoBolboschoenus glaucus S.G.Sm. – southern Europe, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, India, MongoliaBolboschoenus grandispicus Lewej. & Lobin – coastal dunes in SenegalBolboschoenus laticarpus Marhold, Hroudová, Ducháček & Zákr – central Europe from Britain and France to Ukraine; Algeria, TurkeyBolboschoenus maritimus Palla in W.D.J.Koch – widespread across much of temperate and subtropical Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America and various islandsBolboschoenus medianus Soják – Australia, New ZealandBolboschoenus nobilis Goetgh. & D.A.Simpson – Angola, NamibiaBolboschoenus novae-angliae S.G.Sm. – northeastern United States from Maine south along the seacoast to GeorgiaBolboschoenus planiculmis T.V.Egorova – much of Europe and Asia from Spain to Japan and south to New GuineaBolboschoenus robustus Soják – eastern United States; California, Bermuda, Bahamas, east coast of Mexico, New Brunswick, northern South AmericaBolboschoenus schmidii Holub – Iran, Central AsiaBolboschoenus stagnicola Soják. – PakistanBolboschoenus yagara Y.C.Yang & M.Zhan – northern Eurasia from Germany and Sweden to Japan and Kamchatka, including Russia, Siberia, China