Kyllinga

{{Short description|Genus of grass-like plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Starr_030807-0056_Kyllinga_nemoralis.jpg

|image_caption = Kyllinga nemoralis

|taxon = Kyllinga

|authority = Rottb.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = 40-50, see text

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Thryocephalon J.R.Forst. & G.Forst
• Killinga T.Lestib.
• Hedychloe Raf.
• Cyprolepis Steud.
• Lyprolepis Steud.

}}

Kyllinga is genus of flowering plants in the sedge family known commonly as spikesedges. They are native to tropical and warm temperate areas of the world, especially tropical Africa.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=117357 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 246, 水蜈蚣属 shui wu gong shu, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12. 1773. ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=117357 Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 7, 193, Kyllinga Rottbøll, Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl. 12, plate 4, fig. 3. 1773. ] 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 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.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=251185 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{cite journal |last1=Larridon |first1=Isabel |last2=Bauters |first2=Kenneth |last3=Reynders |first3=Marc |last4=Huygh |first4=Wim |last5=Muasya |first5=A. Muthama |last6=Simpson |first6=David A. |last7=Goetghebeur |first7=Paul |title=Towards a new classification of the giant paraphyletic genus Cyperus (Cyperaceae): phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation in C₄ Cyperus. |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |date=May 2013 |volume=172 |issue=1 |pages=106–126 |doi=10.1111/boj.12020|doi-access=free }}{{cite web|title=Kyllinga Rottb.|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13845-1|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=Royal Botanical Gardens Kew |accessdate=2018-11-01}}

The genus was named for the 17th century Danish botanist Peder Lauridsen Kylling.

Species include:

• Kyllinga brevifolia
• Kyllinga coriacea
• Kyllinga erecta
• Kyllinga exigua
• Kyllinga gracillima
• Kyllinga melanosperma
• Kyllinga nemoralis
• Kyllinga odorata
• Kyllinga planiculmis
• Kyllinga polyphylla
• Kyllinga pumila
• Kyllinga squamulata
• Kyllinga tibialis
• Kyllinga triceps
• Kyllinga vaginata