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|accepted_name=Cyperus pallidicolor
|accepted_authority=(Kükenthal) G. C. Tucker in R. McVaugh & W. R. Anderson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in R. McVaugh & W. R. Anderson, Fl. Novo-Galiciana
|place=13: 324. 1993
|year=1993
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cyperus subambiguus var. pallidicolor
|authority=Kükenthal
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr.
|publication_place=101[IV,20]: 528. 1936
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Cyperus;Cyperus pallidicolor
|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 pallidicolor]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 189
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> trigonous, (10–) 30–50(–80) cm × (0.8–)1–2 mm, glabrous or occasionally minutely scabridulous on distal angles. <b>Leaves</b> 3–7, M- or V-shaped, (10–)25–40(–55) cm × 2–5 mm, margins and midribs scabridulous or glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes 3–6(–12), grayish to golden brown, loosely cylindric, (6–)10–20(–24) cm × (5–)8–11 mm; rays 0 or 1–3, to 4 cm; rachis glabrous; bracts (3–)4–6(–8), horizontal to strongly reflexed, inversely W-shaped, (3–) 10–20(–30) cm × 1–5 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings persistent, 0.3–0.5 mm wide. <b>Spikelets</b> (10–)25–60(–100), spaced 1–2(–3) mm apart, broadly ellipsoid to oblong, ± terete, 2.4–3.6 × 0.8–1.2 mm; distal spikelet spreading or ascending; floral scales persistent, 1–2(–4), appressed, laterally golden brown to dull grayish white, frequently streaked with red, medially greenish, laterally 3–4-ribbed, medially 3-ribbed, oblong, 2.6–3.3 × 1.8–2.4 mm, apex broadly rounded. <b>Flowers</b>: anthers 0.6–0.8 mm; styles 0.8–1.2(–1.4) mm; stigmas 1.4–2 mm. <b>Achenes</b> reddish brown to dark brown, stipitate, ellipsoid, (1.6–)1.8–2(–2.2) × (0.6–)0.7–0.9 mm, base cuneate to ± attenuate, apex ± acute to broadly rounded, surfaces finely papillose to essentially glabrous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Clearings in montane forests
|elevation=800–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
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|references=
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name=Cyperus pallidicolor
|authority=(Kükenthal) G. C. Tucker in R. McVaugh & W. R. Anderson
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cyperus subambiguus var. pallidicolor
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Clearings in montane forests
|elevation=800–1200 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Mexico;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in R. McVaugh & W. R. Anderson, Fl. Novo-Galiciana
|publication year=1993
|special status=
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|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Cyperus
|species=Cyperus pallidicolor
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