Shortleaf Spikesedge (MatBio: GRASSES, SEDGES & RUSHES - Matanzas Biodiversity)

Shortleaf Spikesedge

Kyllinga brevifolia

Summary ⁶

Kyllinga brevifolia is a species of sedge known by several common names, including shortleaf spikesedge, green kyllinga, and perennial greenhead sedge. 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. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing one to several erect stems to heights up to about half a meter, often much shorter. It produces tiny inflorescences of a...

Range description ⁷

This species has a sub-cosmopolitan distribution, occurring throughout central, southern and eastern Africa, east through Afghanistan and the Indian sub-continent and Indian Ocean island groups to east and south-east Asia, south to Australia and New Zealand, as well as from the south-eastern United States south through Mexico to Central and South America. It has been introduced to mainland Portugal and Spain, as well as the Azores, Madeira, some Pacific island groups and California (The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew 2012).