Inflorescence; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 5/1999 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1434 Date of entry: 13.11.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Shortleaf Spikesedge
Mandarin: 短叶水蜈蚣 (duan ye shui wu gong)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Kyllinga (2)
Epithet: brevifolia Rottb. (1)
brevifolia => short-leaved
Climate: tropical
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