World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Fimbristylis filamentosa (Vahl) K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 125 (1895).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 613 (1894).
Family:	Cyperaceae
* Scirpus filamentosus Vahl, Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 262 (1805). Isolepis filamentosa (Vahl) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 113 (1817). Bulbostylis filamentosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke in T.A.Durand & H.Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 613 (1894). Bulbostylis junciformis var. filamentosa (Vahl) H.Pfeiff., Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 129 (1943). Abildgaardia filamentosa (Vahl) Lye, Bot. Not. 127: 496 (1974). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts