''Kyllinga'' is genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the sedge family known commonly as spikesedges. They are native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the world, especially tropical

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.Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 7, 193, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12, plate 4, fig. 3. 1773.
/ref> These sedges vary in morphology, growing to heights from 2.5 centimeters to a meter and sometimes lacking

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s. They are closely related to ''

Cyperus ''Cyperus'' is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. Description They are annual or perennial plants, mostly aquatic and growing in still or slow-moving ...

'' speciesGovaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed ''Cyperus''.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref> The genus was named for the 17th century Danish

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Peder Lauridsen Kylling. Species include: *'' Kyllinga brevifolia'' *''

Kyllinga coriacea ''Kyllinga'' is genus of flowering plants in the Cyperaceae, sedge family known commonly as spikesedges. They are native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the world, especially tropical Africa. These sedges vary in morphology, growing to he ...

'' *'' Kyllinga erecta'' *'' Kyllinga exigua'' *'' Kyllinga gracillima'' *'' Kyllinga melanosperma'' *''

Kyllinga nemoralis ''Kyllinga nemoralis'', the white water sedge or whitehead spikesedge, is a plant species in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is found in shaded meadows, rock crevices and road sides. Description ''Kyllinga nemoralis'' is a perennial creeping se ...

'' *'' Kyllinga odorata'' *'' Kyllinga planiculmis'' *'' Kyllinga polyphylla'' *'' Kyllinga pumila'' *'' Kyllinga squamulata'' *'' Kyllinga tibialis'' *'' Kyllinga triceps'' *'' Kyllinga vaginata''

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Cyperaceae genera Taxa described in 1773 Taxa named by Christen Friis Rottbøll {{Cyperaceae-stub