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|accepted_name=Cymophyllus
|accepted_authority=Mackenzie in N. L. Britton and A. Brown
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in N. L. Britton and A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed.
|place=2, 1: 441. 1913
|year=1913
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cymophyllus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cymophyllus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kyma, wave, and phyll, leaf, in reference to the undulate-margined leaves
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 3, 5, 255, 257
|treatment_page=page 573
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, evergreen. <b>Culms</b> compressed or terete. <b>Leaves</b> basal, bladeless; proximal sheaths 4–6, whitish to straw colored, disintegrating at maturity, distal 1(–2, rarely), blade flat, formed from open, elongated sheath, without ligule or evident midvein, usually 2–5 cm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, single spike; bracts spirally arranged, each subtending flower, scalelike. <b>Spikelets</b> 1-flowered; scales 0–1. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual; staminate flowers without scales; pistillate flowers with 1 scale enclosing flower (perigynium), open only at apex; perianth absent; stamens 3; styles deciduous, linear, 3-fid. <b>Achenes</b> sharply trigonous.</span><!--

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|distribution=e North America.
|discussion=<p>Species 1.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=clarkson1962a
|text=SELETED REFERENCES Clarkson, R. B. 1962. Fraser’s sedge, Cymophyllus fraseri (Andrews) Mackenzie. Castanea 26: 129–136.
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|id=reznicek1989a
|text=Reznicek, A. A. 1989. Homology of the leaf in the southern Appalachian endemic Cymophyllus fraseri (Cyperaceae). [Abstract.] Amer. J. Bot. 76(6, suppl.): 267.
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|id=thomas1984a
|text=Thomas, W. W. 1984b. Insect pollination of Cymophyllus fraseri (Andrews) Mackenzie. Castanea 49: 94–95.
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name=Cymophyllus
|author=A. A. Reznicek
|authority=Mackenzie in N. L. Britton and A. Brown
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|illustrator=Susan A. Reznicek
|distribution=e North America.
|reference=clarkson1962a;reznicek1989a;thomas1984a
|publication title=in N. L. Britton and A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed.
|publication year=1913
|special status=
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|genus=Cymophyllus
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