Type : "
Hab. in Shavanensium regione, ad amnem
Scioto." [protologue].
USA, sud Illinois, 08/1795, Michaux s.n.
(HT:
P00255084 [photo: DUKE]; IT: P [photo: DUKE]).
D'après R.D. Henry (Transactions of the Illinois State
Academy of Science 97(2), 2004): "The type location of
Kyllinga pumila
was given by Michaux (1803) as Hab. In Shavanensium regione, ad amnem
Scioto which is referred to as Shawannestown, Illinois. Ewan (1979)
stated there is now no doubt that Shavanensium regione, ad amnem Scioto
of Michaux refers to the region of the Shawnee Indians in southern Ohio.
Thus, this locality at the junction of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers was
not in Illinois, but rather was in south-central Ohio. Therefore
Michaux's location is not the original report for this species in
Illinois nor can Illinois be the type locality for this plant."