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 (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.) ...