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|accepted_name=Cyperus hypopitys
|accepted_authority=G. C. Tucker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Bot. Monogr.
|place=43: 129, fig. 54. 1994
|year=1994
}}
|common_names=Pinewoods sedge
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Cyperus;Cyperus hypopitys
|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 hypopitys]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 146
|treatment_page=page 178
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, tending to form small clumps by basal offshoots. <b>Culms</b> triquetrous, bulbous, thickened, (20–)30–80(–90) cm × 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous proximally, becoming trigonous strongly scabridulous on distal angles, clothed with persistent reddish fibers at base. <b>Leaves</b> flat to V-shaped, 20–45 cm × 2–4 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spike 1, loosely ovoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, (1.5–)2.5–7 × (1–)1.5–3.5 cm; rays (1–)2–4, to 6 cm; 2d order rays rarely present, to 2 cm; 3d order rays absent; bracts (2–) 3, ± horizontal, 1–15(–21) cm × 0.4–3.5 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings hyaline, 0.3–0.4 mm wide. <b>Spikelets</b> (3–)8–26, reddish to reddish brown, linear, compressed-quadrangular, 8–18 × (2.4–)2.8–4 mm; floral scales deciduous, 6–16, laterally reddish, medially green, occasionally red-glandular, laterally strongly 3(–4)-ribbed, medially punctate, 1–3-ribbed, ovate-lanceolate, (2.6–)2.8–3.3 × (1.4–)1.6–1.8(–2) mm, apex weakly 3-dentate, mucronulate, with tuft of crystalline prickles, medially glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; styles 1–1.4 mm; stigmas 1–1.4 mm. <b>Achenes</b> brownish, stipitate, ellipsoid, 1.6–2 × (0.7–)0.9–1 mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1–0.2 mm, apex obtuse, slightly apiculate, surfaces papillose.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Canyons in pine forests
|elevation=500–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Durango;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Cyperus hypopitys</i> can be recognized by the combination of reddish floral scales and sharp-angled culms.</p>
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name=Cyperus hypopitys
|author=
|authority=G. C. Tucker
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Canyons in pine forests
|elevation=500–1500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Durango;Sinaloa;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Syst. Bot. Monogr.
|publication year=1994
|special status=
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|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Cyperus
|species=Cyperus hypopitys
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