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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Kyllinga
|accepted_authority=Rottbøll
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.,
|place=12, plate 4, fig. 3. 1773
|year=1773
}}
|common_names=Greenhead sedge;spikesedge
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus subg. Kyllinga
|authority=(Rottbøll) J. V. Suringar
|rank=subgenus
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Kyllinga
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kyllinga]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Peter Kylling, Danish botanist, d. 1696
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 7, 195
|treatment_page=page 193
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous or not.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="culm architecture or arrangement or growth form;culm architecture or arrangement or growth form;culm shape"><b>Culms </b>solitary or not, trigonous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position"><b>Leaves </b>basal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="ligule presence">ligules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape">blades flat or V-shaped in cross-section.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;spike quantity;spike architecture;spike shape;spike shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, rarely pseudolateral, spikes 1–4, sessile, densely ovoid or cylindric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spikelet atypical quantity;spikelet quantity;spikelet prominence">spikelets [15–] 40–150 per spike, not readily distinguished by unaided eye;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="involucral-bract quantity;involucral-bract orientation;involucral-bract orientation;involucral-bract architecture or shape">involucral-bracts 2–4, spreading or erect, leaflike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="scale atypical quantity;scale quantity;scale arrangement"><b>Spikelets:</b> scales 2 (–3), distichous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="subtending flower reproduction">proximal scale subtending bisexual flower;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="distal scale architecture;distal scale position;distal scale quantity;distal scale development">distal scale empty or subtending 1–2 stamens, often abortive.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual or staminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="perianth presence">perianth absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 1–3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="style arrangement or course or shape;style shape;base duration">styles linear, 2-fid, base persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="achene shape;achene shape"><b>Achenes </b>biconvex, laterally compressed.</span><!--

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|distribution=Mostly tropical or warm-temperate regions worldwide
|discussion=<p>Species 40–45 (5 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Tropical Africa contains the greatest diversity of Kyllinga species.</p><!--
--><p>The genus is closely related to Cyperus and has been treated as a subgenus.</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Midvein of floral scales winged, laciniate; anthers 2 mm.
|[[Kyllinga squamulata|Kyllinga squamulata]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Midvein of floral scales not winged, ciliate or glabrous; anthers less than 2 mm.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants widely creeping, rhizomatous.
|[[#key-0-3| > 3]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Plants densely cespitose, rhizomatous or not.
|[[#key-0-4| > 4]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Longest bract erect; style 0.6–1.2 mm.
|[[Kyllinga brevifolia|Kyllinga brevifolia]]
|-id=key-0-3
|3
|Longest bract horizontal to slightly reflexed; style 1.8–2.2 mm.
|[[Kyllinga gracillima|Kyllinga gracillima]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Plants perennial; spikes whitish; achenes with whitish stipitate base.
|[[Kyllinga odorata|Kyllinga odorata]]
|-id=key-0-4
|4
|Plants annual; spikes pale greenish; achenes light brown.
|[[Kyllinga pumila|Kyllinga pumila]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Kyllinga
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Rottbøll
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Cyperus subg. Kyllinga
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Mostly tropical or warm-temperate regions worldwide
|reference=None
|publication title=Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.,
|publication year=1773
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V23/V23_335.xml
|genus=Kyllinga
|achene shape=compressed;biconvex
|base duration=persistent
|blade shape=v--shaped;flat
|culm architecture or arrangement or growth form=not;solitary
|culm shape=trigonous
|distal scale architecture=empty
|distal scale development=abortive
|distal scale position=subtending
|distal scale quantity=1;2
|flower architecture=staminate
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|inflorescence position=pseudolateral
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|involucral-bract architecture or shape=leaflike
|involucral-bract orientation=erect;spreading
|involucral-bract quantity=2;4
|leaf position=basal
|ligule presence=absent
|perianth presence=absent
|scale arrangement=distichous
|scale atypical quantity=2;3
|scale quantity=2
|spike architecture=sessile
|spike quantity=1;4
|spike shape=cylindric;ovoid
|spikelet atypical quantity=15;40
|spikelet prominence=distinguished
|spikelet quantity=40;150
|stamen quantity=1;3
|style arrangement or course or shape=linear
|style shape=2-fid
|subtending flower reproduction=bisexual
|whole_organism architecture=not;rhizomatous
|whole_organism duration=perennial;annual
|whole_organism growth form=herb;not;cespitose
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