Kyllinga is genus of flowering plants in the sedge family known commonly as spikesedges. They are native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the world, especially tropical Africa.[2][3] These sedges vary in morphology, growing to heights from 2.5 centimeters to a meter and sometimes lacking rhizomes. They are closely related to Cyperus species[4] and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed Cyperus.[1][5][6]
| Kyllinga | |
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| Kyllinga nemoralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Kyllinga Rottb. |
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40-50, see text | |
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The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.
Species include:
References edit
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 246, 水蜈蚣属 shui wu gong shu, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12. 1773.
- ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 7, 193, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12, plate 4, fig. 3. 1773.
- ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ Larridon, Isabel; Bauters, Kenneth; Reynders, Marc; Huygh, Wim; Muasya, A. Muthama; Simpson, David A.; Goetghebeur, Paul (May 2013). "Towards a new classification of the giant paraphyletic genus Cyperus (Cyperaceae): phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation in C4 Cyperus". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 172 (1): 106–126. doi:10.1111/boj.12020.
- ^ "Kyllinga Rottb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
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