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Cyperaceae - Cyperoideae - Cypereae - Kyllingiella R.W.Haines & Lye

Description:

  • Small perennials, tufted
  • Culms with basal nodes
  • Leaves basal, eligulate; sheath with adaxial apex truncate; blade linear with keeled midrib, profile V-shaped
  • Inflorescence capitate; subtending bracts spreading-reflexed
  • Spikes several, rounded to ovate
  • Spikelets many, 1-flowered
  • Perianth 0
  • Stamens 1
  • Style branches 2 or 3
  • Nutlet ovoid to obovate, papillose
  • x = 12

Nomenclature:

  • Kyllingiella R.W.Haines & Lye
    • Haines & Lye: 176 (1978)
  • Scirpus L. in part
    • Clarke: 210 (1898)
    • Clarke: 446 (1902)
    • Podlech: 44 (1967)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Global: Species ± 4
  • Southern Africa: Species 1: Kyllingiella microcephala (Steud.) R.W.Haines & Lye, scattered in Namibia, Botswana, Northern Province and North-West

References:

  • CLARKE, C.B. 1898. Cyperaceae. Flora capensis 7
  • CLARKE, C.B. 1902. Cyperaceae. Flora of tropical Africa 8
  • HAINES, R.W. & LYE, K.A. 1978. Studies in African Cyperaceae XVII. Kyllingiella R.Haines & K.Lye, gen. nov. Botaniska Notiser 131
  • PODLECH, D. 1967. Cyperaceae. Prodromus einer Flora von Südwestafrika 165