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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.
Species within checklist:
Central Park, New York City
Kyllinga gracillima
This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards
1601697
,
1600981
,
1601393
,
1600976
,
1601429
,
1601101
,
1601503
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