| Kyllinga | |
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| Kyllinga nemoralis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Kyllinga Rottb. |
| Species | |
40-50, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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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]
The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.
Species include:
