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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.
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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- 水蜈蚣屬
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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.