Kyllinga

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.^[2][3] 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^[4] and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed Cyperus.^[1][5][6]

Kyllinga
Kyllinga nemoralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Kyllinga Rottb.
Species
40-50, see text
Synonyms[1]
Thryocephalon J.R.Forst. & G.Forst Killinga T.Lestib. Hedychloe Raf. Cyprolepis Steud. Lyprolepis Steud.

The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.

Species include:

• Kyllinga brevifolia
• Kyllinga coriacea
• Kyllinga erecta
• Kyllinga exigua
• Kyllinga gracillima
• Kyllinga melanosperma
• Kyllinga nemoralis
• Kyllinga odorata
• Kyllinga planiculmis
• Kyllinga polyphylla
• Kyllinga pumila
• Kyllinga squamulata
• Kyllinga tibialis
• Kyllinga triceps
• Kyllinga vaginata