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|accepted_name=Cyperus ligularis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|place=10, 2: 867. 1759
|year=1759
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W2
|label=
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariscus rufus
|authority=Kunth
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Cyperus;Cyperus ligularis
|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 ligularis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 148, 188
|treatment_page=page 190
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, solitary or cespitose, rhizomatous, coarse. <b>Culms</b> trigonous, (30–)60–130 cm × 1–4(–9) mm, densely papillose, otherwise glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> with cross ribs prominent, V-shaped, 30–100 cm × 5–13(–20) mm, margins, keel incisive with brownish prickles, papillose throughout, margins and midribs harshly scabrid. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes 3–7, densely oblong-cylindric to ± globose, 10–28(–35) × 8–12(–15) mm; rays 5–12, 1–16 cm, densely papillose; bracts 5–12, ascending at 30–75°, flat to V-shaped, 4–50(–90) cm × 1–15 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings persistent, (0.2–)0.3–0.5(–0.6) mm. <b>Spikelets</b> 20–80, oblong-ellipsoid, ± terete, slightly compressed, 3–7 × 1–2(–2.7) mm; distal spikelets spreading or ascending; floral scales (2–)4–7, appressed, clear to brownish, reddish streaked, medially green, 9–11-ribbed, ovate, (2–)2.5–3.3 × 1.2–2.3 mm, apex acute, mucronate. <b>Flowers</b>: anthers 0.6–0.8 mm, styles 0.5–1 mm; stigmas 1–2.3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> brown, slightly stipitate, obovoid to broadly ellipsoid, (1.2–)1.5–1.6(–1.7) × 0.6–0.8 mm, apex apiculate, surfaces puncticulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting throughout the year.
|habitat=Beaches, brackish marshes, mangrove swamps, disturbed soils, ditches, riverbanks, coastal croplands
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;Central America;South America;w Africa.
|discussion=<p>The papillose culms, rays, and leaves of <i>Cyperus ligularis</i> distinguish it from all other North American species of <i>Cyperus</i>.</p><!--
--><p>Reports of <i>Cyperus ligularis</i> from California (G. C. Tucker 1993b) were based on specimens of <i>C. owanii</i>.</p>
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name=Cyperus ligularis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Mariscus rufus
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting throughout the year.
|habitat=Beaches, brackish marshes, mangrove swamps, disturbed soils, ditches, riverbanks, coastal croplands
|elevation=0 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;Central America;South America;w Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Nat. ed.
|publication year=1759
|special status=W2;Illustrated
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|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Cyperus
|species=Cyperus ligularis
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