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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cyperus mutisii
|accepted_authority=(Kunth) Andersson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Galapagos Veg.,
|place=53. 1854
|year=1854
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariscus mutisii
|authority=Kunth
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus asper
|authority=(Liebmann) O’Neill
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus compresso
|authority=triqueter Boeckeler
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus ehrenbergianus
|authority=Boeckeler
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus mutisii var. asper
|authority=(Liebmann) Kükenthal
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus mutisii var. contractus
|authority=Kükenthal
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus mutisii var. semitribrachiatus
|authority=(Boeckeler) Kükenthal
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus ochreatus
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus semitribrachiatus
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariscus asper
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Cyperus;Cyperus mutisii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cyperus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Cyperus subg. Cyperus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cyperus mutisii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 148, 188
|treatment_page=page 189
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> trigonous, (20–)30–120 cm × 1.4–3.5 mm, glabrous or occasionally with scattered prickles on distal angles. <b>Leaves</b> 2–4(–6), inversely W-shaped, 10–60(–70) cm × (2–)4–13 mm, margins and midribs scabridulous or glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes (1–)3–6, narrowly cylindric, 1–4(–6) cm × 5–11 mm; rays 0 or 3–6, 2–23 cm; bracts 5–8, ascending at ± 45°, inversely W-shaped, (4–) 14–40(–46) cm × 1–12 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings persistent, 0.3–0.5 mm wide. <b>Spikelets</b> 35–100, oblong-ellipsoid, ± terete, elliptic in cross section, 3–7 × (0.9–) 1.3–2 mm; distal spikelets spreading or ascending; floral scales persistent, 1–2(–5), appressed, becoming clear at maturity, laterally brownish to reddish brown, medially greenish, laterally 3–5-ribbed, medially 3-ribbed, often erose at maturity, ovate to elliptic, 2.2–3.2 × 1.5–2.1 mm, apex obtuse. <b>Flowers</b>: anthers 0.6–0.8 mm; styles 0.4–0.8 mm; stigmas 1.2–2.2 mm. <b>Achenes</b> brown to reddish brown, sessile, broadly ellipsoid, slightly dorsiventrally flattened, 1.5–1.8 × 0.7–0.9(–1) mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces papillose to puncticulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall (Jun–Nov).
|habitat=Clearings in montane forests, canyons
|elevation=500–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p><i>Cyperus mutisii</i> is recognized by its cylindric spikes borne digitately at the ends of the rays and its short, plump spikelets. As spikelets mature, the floral scales, having erose margins contrasting with the brownish sides, beome useful distinguishing features.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cyperus mutisii
|author=
|authority=(Kunth) Andersson
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Cyperus asper;Cyperus compresso;Cyperus ehrenbergianus;Cyperus mutisii var. asper;Cyperus mutisii var. contractus;Cyperus mutisii var. semitribrachiatus;Cyperus ochreatus;Cyperus semitribrachiatus;Mariscus asper
|basionyms=Mariscus mutisii
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall (Jun–Nov).
|habitat=Clearings in montane forests, canyons
|elevation=500–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Galapagos Veg.,
|publication year=1854
|special status=
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|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Cyperus
|species=Cyperus mutisii
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