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|accepted_name=Cyperus cuspidatus
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=1: 204. 1816
|year=1816
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Pycnostachys;Cyperus cuspidatus
|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. Pycnostachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cyperus cuspidatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 143, 156
|treatment_page=page 158
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 1–6(–25), trigonous to roundly trigonous, (0.5–)2–5(–9) cm × 0.2–0.4–(0.6) mm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> 1–6, V-shaped, 1–6 cm × 0.3–1 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: heads digitate, loosely ovoid, 3–18 × 3–26 mm; rays (0–)1–6(–8), 2.5–20(–30) mm; bracts 2–3(–5), horizontal to ascending at 45(–60)°, V-shaped, 2–60 × 0.3–1.2 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> (3–)10–20(–30), greenish to reddish brown, narrowly ellipsoid to oblong, 3–11 × (0.8–)1.2–1.5 mm; floral scales (3–)6–20(–28), laterally greenish to reddish brown, glossy, medially greenish to light reddish brown, strongly recurved, laterally ribless, medially strongly 3-ribbed, oblong-ovate, (0.8–)1–1.3 × 0.8–1(–1.2) mm, apex emarginate, cusp 0.6–1.2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: stamens 2 or 3; anthers oblong-ovoid, 0.1(–0.2) mm; styles (0.2–)0.4–0.6 mm; stigmas 0.3–0.5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> brown, oblong-obovoid, (0.5–)0.6 × (0.3–)0.4 mm, base cuneate, apex blunt, surfaces coarsely papillose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Damp, disturbed soils
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
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|author=
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Damp, disturbed soils
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;S.C.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|publication year=1816
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|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Pycnostachys
|species=Cyperus cuspidatus
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