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]

Jan 13, 2017 · Kyllingia nemoralis is a perennial sedge native to the tropical Old World that has been introduced elsewhere in Oceania, the Indian Ocean and the Americas. Several species of Cyperaceae are listed as highly invasive worldwide.

Aug 1, 2011 · Kyllinga nemoralis (Hutch & Dalz) (Cyperaceae) is a plant widely used throughout the world and frequently used for its anti-venom property. The aim of this review was to collect all available scientific literature published and combine it into this review.

Common in the warmer parts of Asia, less so in tropical Africa and Australia, very rare in tropical America; common throughout Malesia. In those regions where grass is scantily available in the dry monsoon, the plant is appreciated as a fodder for cattle and horses; the food value is satisfactory. VALCK. SUR. 1898: Gesl. Cyp. Mal. Arch: 44. t.

Dec 8, 2024 · Plants: These perennials spread via creeping rhizomes. Their culms are tufted or spaced, standing straight, up to 1½′ (55 cm) in height. Like other sedges, the culms are triangular in cross-section. Leaves: Grasslike leaves are linear, almost as long as the culms, 1/32–⅛″ (1.5–3 mm) wide. Leaf sheafs are brown or purple-brown.

Perennial sedge up to 0.6 m tall with a creeping growth habit. The linear, 1.5-3 mm wide leaves are <55 cm tall and have a brown to purplish brown leaf sheath. It spreads via a long rhizome (underground horizontal stem) which produces flowering stems in tufts or singly.

Species Data Sheet 1.Taxon:Kyllinga Rottb Species:Kyllinga nemoralis(J.R. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutch.&Dalziel (Accepted Name) Commonly Known as Whitehead spike sedge.

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it. Cyperus kyllingia Endl. First published in Cat. Horti Vindob. 1: 94 (1842) This name is a synonym of Rhynchospora colorata. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Cyperus kyllingia Endl. [family CYPERACEAE], , Cat. Hort. Acad. Vindob. 1: 94 (1842); Kük. l.c. 606, tab. 64 C–D

Mar 17, 2018 · Mottu thana Cyperus kyllingia. Common name : Mottu thana. Scientific Name: Cyperus kyllingia Family : Cyperaceae Life cycle : Annual. Morphological characteristics . A smooth plant, with creeping underground stems; Leaves many, short; leaf sheaths , thin, membranous, pale to purplish. Flower stems often 3 to 18 inches high, ridged, soft, with ...