Kyllinga

Kyllinga
	Kyllinga nemoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Kyllinga; Rottb.
Species
	40-50, see text
Synonyms
	Thryocephalon J.R.Forst. & G.Forst; Killinga T.Lestib.; Hedychloe Raf.; Cyprolepis Steud.; Lyprolepis Steud.;

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.^[1]^[2]^[3] These sedges vary in morphology, growing to heights from 2 centimeters to a meter and sometimes lacking rhizomes. They are closely related to Cyperus species.^[4]

The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.

Species include:

References

^ ^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.

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[karen-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 246, 水蜈蚣属 shui wu gong shu, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12. 1773.

[3] Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 7, 193, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12, plate 4, fig. 3. 1773.

[4] Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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