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Kyllinga
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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. 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 and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed Cyperus.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kyllinga is referenced by 12 other articles, and connects out to Africa, plant and botany.
It is catalogued under topics including Cyperaceae genera, Kyllinga and Taxa described in 1773.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
whitehead spikesedge
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyCyperaceae
Kyllinga Rottb. é um género botânico pertencente à família Cyperaceae[1]. O gênero é composto por aproximadamente 210 espécies. Principais espécies Kyllinga brevifolia Kyllinga caespitosa Kyllinga cruciformis Kyllinga laxa Kyllinga martiana Kyllinga monocephala Kyllinga pumila' Kyllinga odorata Kyllinga squamulata Kyllinga triceps Kyllinga vaginata Referências ↑ «Kyllinga — World Flora Online». www.worldfloraonline.org. Consultado em 19 de agosto de 2020
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 859
- With media
- 500
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Collections
- IIB-UV, INECOL, FC-UNAM, IBUNAM, NY, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Costa Rica, Guyana, Madagascar, United States, Belize, Brasil, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cyperaceae
- Image
- Starr 030807-0056 Kyllinga nemoralis.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- taxon name
- Kyllinga
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Cyperus
- topic's main category
- Category:Kyllinga
- taxon common name
- 水蜈蚣屬
- taxon synonym of
- Cyperus
- subject has role
- synonym
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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. 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 and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed Cyperus.
The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kyllinga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.