Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

English: Shortleaf Spikesedge

Mandarin: 短叶水蜈蚣 (duan ye shui wu gong)

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Kyllinga (2)

            Epithet: brevifolia Rottb. (1)

brevifolia => short-leaved

Climate: tropical

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