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) So......read more on Wikipedia.