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|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
}}
|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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual or perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous or not. <b>Culms</b> solitary or not, trigonous. <b>Leaves</b> basal; ligules absent; blades flat or V-shaped in cross section. <b>Inflorescences</b> 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. <b>Spikelets</b>: scales 2(–3), distichous; proximal scale subtending bisexual flower; distal scale empty or subtending 1–2 stamens, often abortive. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual or staminate; perianth absent; stamens 1–3; styles linear, 2-fid, base persistent. <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 <i>Kyllinga</i> species.</p><!--
--><p>The genus is closely related to <i>Cyperus</i> and has been treated as a subgenus.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=delahoussaye1967a
|text=Delahoussaye, A. J. and J. W. Thieret. 1967. Cyperus subgenus Kyllinga (Cyperaceae) in the continental United States. Sida 3: 128–136.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=padhye1971a
|text=Padhye, M. D. 1971. Studies in the Cyperaceae. III. Life history of Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. with a brief discussion on the taxonomic position of Kyllinga. Bot. Gaz. 132: 172–179.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=tucker1984a
|text=Tucker, G. C. 1984. A revision of the genus Kyllinga Rottb. (Cyperaceae) in Mexico and Central America. Rhodora 86: 507–538.
}}
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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]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#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
|distribution=Mostly tropical or warm-temperate regions worldwide.
|reference=delahoussaye1967a;padhye1971a;tucker1984a
|publication title=Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl.,
|publication year=1773
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_335.xml
|genus=Kyllinga
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