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Taxon: Kyllinga melanosperma Nees

Genus: Kyllinga
Family: Cyperaceae.
Nomen number: 401653
Place of publication: R. Wight, Contr. bot. India 91. 1834
Name verified on: 19-Jan-2001 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Jan-2001
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West Tropical Africa: Nigeria
    Southern Africa: Botswana; South Africa - Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland
    Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Guangdong, Hainan
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka
    Malesia: Indonesia - Celebes, Irian Jaya, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra; Malaysia [Malaya]; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
  • PACIFIC
    Southwestern Pacific: Fiji
Other:
  • naturalized in Oceania

References:

  • Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Haines, R. W. & K. A. Lye. 1983. Sedges and rushes of East Africa. (Sedge EAfr) [= Cyperus melanospermus (Nees) J. V. Suringar].
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Smith, A. C. 1979–1991. Flora vitiensis nova. (F Viti)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males) [= Cyperus melanospermus (Nees) J. V. Suringar].
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Check other databases for Kyllinga melanosperma Nees:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401653 (22 November 2009)

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