EcoFlora - Kyllinga

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 inventory project: Arizona Flora \|\| << 1 - 50 taxa >> Kyllinga afro-occidentalis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga afropumila Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga alata Map not Available Kyllinga alba Map not Available Kyllinga alba-purpurea Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga albiceps Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga albogracilis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga aureovillosa Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga beninensis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga brevifolia Map not Available Kyllinga brunneoalata Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga brunneoalba Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga brunneofibrosa Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga cardosoi Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga carinalaevis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga cartilaginea Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga cataphyllata Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga chlorotropis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga chrysantha Map not Available Kyllinga chrysanthoides Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga comosipes Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga controversa Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga crassipes Map not Available Kyllinga debilis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga dichrolepis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga echinata Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga eximia Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga gracillima Map not Available Kyllinga inselbergensis Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga intermedia Map not Available Kyllinga kilianii Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga leucocephala Map not Available Kyllinga mbitheana Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga microbracteata Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga microbulbosa Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga microcristata Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga microstyla Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga monocephala Map not Available Kyllinga mtotomwema Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga nemoralis Map not Available Kyllinga nervosa Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga ngothe Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga nigripes Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga oblonga Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga odorata Map not Available Kyllinga pachystyla Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga parvula Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga peruviana Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga peteri Images not available Map not Available Kyllinga platyphylla Images not available Map not Available