Common name
English: Whitehead Spikesedge
Mandarin: 单穗水蜈蚣 (dan sui shui wu gong)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Kyllinga (2)
Epithet: nemoralis (J.R. & G. Forst.) Dandy ex Hutchinson & Dalz (1)
Synonym: Cyperus kyllingia Endl.
kyllingia => in honor of Peder Lauridsen Kylling (ca. 1640 - 1696), Danish botanist
nemoralis => sylvan, growing in woods and groves
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Kyllinga nemoralis at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [902] Kyllinga nemoralis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
Literature
- [13] Sauerborn E., Sauerborn J. (1985): Wichtige Unkrautarten der Tropen und Subtropen. Verlag Josef Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany.