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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cyperus croceus
|accepted_authority=Vahl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Pl.
|place=2: 357. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus baldwinii
|authority=Torrey
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus cyclostachyus
|authority=Grisebach
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus echinatus var. multiflora
|authority=Chapman
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus globulosus var. pseudofiliculmis
|authority=Kükenthal
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus globulosus var. robustus
|authority=(Boeckeler) Shinners
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus plankii
|authority=Chapman
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus
|authority=Kükenthal
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariscus bracheilema
|authority=C. B. Clarke
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariscus brittonii
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Cyperus;Cyperus croceus
|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 croceus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 149
|treatment_page=page 183
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, cespitose. <b>Culms</b> trigonous, (4–)14–45 cm × 1–2 mm, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> yellow-green, flat, 18–44 cm × 3–4.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes densely to loosely globose to ovoid, 10–20 mm wide; rays (3–)5–9(–14), 1–15(–26) cm; rachis 3–6(–9) mm; bracts (4–)6–9(–11), horizontal to ascending at 45°, flat, 1–30 cm × 0.5–4 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings persistent, 0.3–0.5(–0.8) mm wide. <b>Spikelets</b> (10–)30–50, oblong to lanceoloid, quadrangular to subterete, compressed, 4–8 × 1–1.3 mm; distal spikelet spreading or ascending; floral scales persistent, (1–)2–4(–6), appressed, whitish with red speckles, laterally 2–4-ribbed, ovate, 2.3–3.6 × 1.8–2.2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: anthers 0.5 mm; styles 0.6–1.3 mm; stigmas 1.2–2.6 mm. <b>Achenes</b> reddish brown to nearly black, sessile, oblong, ellipsoid, 2–2.4 × 0.4–0.5(–0.7) mm, apex ± truncate-emarginate, apiculate, surfaces puncticulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–early fall.
|habitat=Disturbed, sunny areas, coastal rocks, moist thickets
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (Venezuela).
|discussion=<p><i>Cyperus</i> globulosus Aublet is a synonym of C. luzulae (Linnaeus) Rottbøll ex Retzius, which is a widespread neotropical species, and it has long been misapplied to <i>Cyperus croceus</i> (G. C. Tucker 1987).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cyperus croceus
|author=
|authority=Vahl
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Cyperus baldwinii;Cyperus cyclostachyus;Cyperus echinatus var. multiflora;Cyperus globulosus var. pseudofiliculmis;Cyperus globulosus var. robustus;Cyperus plankii;Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus;Mariscus bracheilema;Mariscus brittonii
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–early fall.
|habitat=Disturbed, sunny areas, coastal rocks, moist thickets
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America (Venezuela).
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_313.xml
|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Cyperus
|species=Cyperus croceus
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