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Taxon: Kyllinga gracillima Miq.

Genus: Kyllinga
Family: Cyperaceae subfamily: Cyperoideae tribe: Cypereae.
Nomen number: 410584
Place of publication: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2:142. 1866
Name verified on: 10-Dec-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 11-Dec-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • Asiatic greenhead sedge   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • false green kyllinga   (Source: Weed Technol 11:839.) – English
  • pasture spike sedge   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  • hime-kugu   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
    China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi
    Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku; Korea
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Nepal

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

References:

  • Bryson, C. T. et al. 1997. Kyllinga, a genus of neglected weeds in the continental United States. Weed Technol. 11:838–842.
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [= K. brevifolia var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) H. Hara].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
  • Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). [= Cyperus brevifolia var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) T. Koyama].
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= K. brevifolia var. leiolepis (Franch. & Sav.) H. Hara].
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Synonyms:


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Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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].
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410584 (25 May 2013)

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