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Kyllinga
Family:
Cyperaceae
FNA
Resources
Gordon C. Tucker in Flora of North America (vol. 23)
Herbs, annual or perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous or not. Culms solitary or not, trigonous. Leaves basal; ligules absent; blades flat or V-shaped in cross section. Inflorescences terminal, rarely pseudolateral, spikes 1-4, sessile, densely ovoid or cylindric; spikelets [15-]40-150 per spike, not readily distinguished by unaided eye; involucral bracts 2-4, spreading or erect, leaflike. Spikelets: scales 2(-3), distichous; proximal scale subtending bisexual flower; distal scale empty or subtending 1-2 stamens, often abortive. Flowers bisexual or staminate; perianth absent; stamens 1-3; styles linear, 2-fid, base persistent. Achenes biconvex, laterally compressed.
Tropical Africa contains the greatest diversity of Kyllinga species.
The genus is closely related to Cyperus and has been treated as a subgenus.
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Kyllinga afro-occidentalis
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Kyllinga afropumila
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Kyllinga alata
Kyllinga alba
Kyllinga alba-purpurea
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Kyllinga albiceps
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Kyllinga albogracilis
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Kyllinga aureovillosa
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Kyllinga beninensis
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Kyllinga brevifolia
Kyllinga brunneoalata
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Kyllinga brunneoalba
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Kyllinga brunneofibrosa
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Kyllinga cardosoi
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Kyllinga carinalaevis
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Kyllinga cartilaginea
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Kyllinga cataphyllata
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Kyllinga chlorotropis
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Kyllinga chrysantha
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Kyllinga chrysanthoides
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Kyllinga comosipes
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Kyllinga controversa
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Kyllinga crassipes
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Kyllinga debilis
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Kyllinga dichrolepis
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Kyllinga echinata
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Kyllinga eximia
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Kyllinga gracillima
Kyllinga inselbergensis
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Kyllinga intermedia
Kyllinga kilianii
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Kyllinga leucocephala
Kyllinga mbitheana
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Kyllinga microbracteata
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Kyllinga microbulbosa
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Kyllinga microcristata
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Kyllinga microstyla
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Kyllinga monocephala
Kyllinga mtotomwema
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Kyllinga nemoralis
Kyllinga nervosa
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Kyllinga ngothe
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Kyllinga nigripes
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Kyllinga oblonga
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Kyllinga odorata
Kyllinga pachystyla
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Kyllinga parvula
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Kyllinga peruviana
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Kyllinga peteri
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Kyllinga platyphylla
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Development supported by U.S. National Science Foundation Grants (
DBI 9983132
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BRC 0237418
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DBI 0743827
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DBI 0847966
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