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Kyllinga brevifolia is a species of sedge known by several common names, including shortleaf spikesedge, green kyllinga, perennial greenhead sedge, and kyllinga weed. [2] It is native to tropical areas in the Americas but it can be found in warm regions around the world where it is an introduced species.
Cyperus is a large genus of about 700 species of sedges, distributed throughout all continents in both tropical and temperate regions. [2] [3] Description.
They are closely related to Cyperus species [4] and sometimes treated as part of a more broadly circumscribed Cyperus. [1] [5] [6] 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 ...
As of November 2024, Plants of the World Online accepts 949 species in the genus Cyperus. [1] Other species have since been considered synonyms , been newly described , or seem to have been omitted from the website database at the time.
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The Cyperaceae (/ ˌ s aɪ p ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges.The family is large; botanists have described some 5,500 known species in about 90 genera [3] [4] – the largest being the "true sedges" (genus Carex), [5] [6] with over 2,000 species.
Cyperus rotundus is a perennial plant, that may reach a height of up to 140 cm (55 in).The names "nut grass" and "nut sedge" – shared with the related species Cyperus esculentus – are derived from its tubers, that somewhat resemble nuts, although botanically they have nothing to do with nuts.
Although phumdi vegetation has existed for centuries, it was not until 1886 that the Manipur Gazetteer recorded that wetlands with floating islands were used by inhabitants for fishing. [9]