Species Kyllinga alba Nees (White sedge)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Liliopsida
  • --- order: Poales
  • ---- family: Cyperaceae
  • ----- species: Kyllinga alba
Characteristics:hairless sedge; up to 50 cm tall; leaves are bright green; the round, white inflorescences are attached to the erect flowering stems as terminal clusters; the spikelets are white or cinnamon coloured; the roots are aromatic
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 114
Date: 2009-03-15
Place: Inalegolo, Kgalagadi, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-15
Place: Inalegolo, Kgalagadi, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-15
Place: Inalegolo, Kgalagadi, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Date: 2009-03-15
Place: Inalegolo, Kgalagadi, Botswana
Creator: Christfried Naumann
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
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