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Accession Data:

Cyperus brevifolia (Rottb.) Hassk.

  • Common Name: shortleaf spikesedge, green kyllinga
  • Family: Cyperaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

  • Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop.

  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198800155
  • Source: Smith Col.
  • Accession Date: 04-11-1988
  • Bench: 1119 - AFR:South Tanks W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Magnoliophyta
    • Class: Liliopsida
    • SubClass: commelinids
    • Order: Poales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Cyperaceae
    • SubFamily: Cyperoideae
    • Tribe: Cypereae
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
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    2012
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    2010
    2009
    2008
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    2006
    2005

    References (internal):

    • Aquatic Plants
    • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
    • Benthophyte
    • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Liberia / Nigeria / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon / Rwanda / Zaire / Ethiopia / Socotra / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Botswana / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Ascension / St.Helena / Aldabra / Chagos Archipelago / Comoros / Mauritius / Mozambique Channel Is. / Madagascar / Reunion / Rodrigues / Seychelles / Afghanistan / China South-Central / Hainan / Manchuria / China North-Central / China Southeast / Tibet / Japan / Korea / Kazan-retto / Nansei-shoto / Ogasawara-shoto / Taiwan / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Laccadive Is. / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / West Himalaya / Andaman Is. / Laos / Nicobar Is. / South China Sea / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Cocos (Keeling) Is. / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / Christmas I. / New Guinea / New South Wales / Northern Territory / Queensland / South Australia / Victoria / Western Australia / New Zealand North / Gilbert Is. / Wallis-Futuna Is. / Easter Is. / Marquesas / Pitcairn Is. / Society Is. / Tuamotu / Oklahoma / Texas / Alabama / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Mexico Central / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Central American Pacific Is. / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Galapagos / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay / Uruguay

    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 19 May 2015.
    2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 19 May 2015

    data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:12:07 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

    Cyperus brevifolia

    Additional images for this accession:

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    Current Accessions in the Cyperaceae

    Subfamily Cyperoideae
    Tribe Cariceae

    • Carex pendula
    • Carex sylvatica

    Subfamily Cyperoideae
    Tribe Cypereae

    • Cyperus alternifolius
    • Cyperus brevifolia
    • Cyperus diffusus
    • Cyperus papyrus

    Subfamily Cyperoideae
    Tribe Eleocharideae

    • Eleocharis dulcis
    • Eleocharis sphacelata
    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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