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Kyllinga polyphylla (Cyperaceae)

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Presented here is summary information about the species Kyllinga polyphylla from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information--or to report corrections or concerns--contact webmaster@hear.org.

Synonyms/other Latin names: [ see GRIN ]

Status(es) (compiled for below "Data sources"): agricultural weed, environmental weed, naturalised, weed [for definitions, see the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format.]

Origin (native to where): [no info]


Data sources:

Actual and Prospective Weeds. Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk Project; http://www.hear.org/pier/ (weed) [ online info ]

Common Weeds of Vanuatu (with comments on its impacts and control) (agricultural weed)

Flora of the Marquesas islands. Botany Department of Systematic Biology. Smithsonian Institute. (naturalised)

Germplasm Resources Information Network G.R.I.N. GRIN (naturalised)

Holm, L. G., Pancho, J. V., Herberger, J. P. and Plucknett, D. L. (1979). A Geographical Atlas of World Weeds. John Wiley and Sons NewYork, USA (weed)

National Parks Board, Singapore. Species Lists. (naturalised)

Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems. A product of the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER). This table lists all species that are profiled on PIER. It includes those of environmental concern (including those that are probably of threat only to islands with high elevations) as well as agricultural and ruderal weeds. Jim Space, PEIR Co-ordinator. (environmental weed)

Randall, R.P., Mitchell, A.A. & Waterhouse, B.M. (1999) Tropical Weeds Report. Internal Report to Manager of Plant Industry Protection, Dept of Agriculture, Western Australia. (weed)

Tan, H.T.W., Choong, M.F., Chua, K.S., Loo, A.H.B., Haji Samsuri Bin Haji Ahmad, Saeh, E.E.L., Turner, I.M. and Yong, J.W.H. (1997). A Botanical Survey of Sungei Buloh Nature Park, Singapore. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 49. 15-35. (naturalised, weed)

Waterhouse, D.F. (1997). The Major Invertebrate Pests and Weeds of Agriculture and Plantation Foresty in the Southern and Western Pacific ACIAR Canberra (agricultural weed)



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This page was created on 13 September 2007 by PT, and was last updated on 04 October 2007 by PT based on data from Rod Randall's Global Compendium of Weeds database dated 24 January 2007. Valid HTML 4.01!