Cephalocarpus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|taxon = Cephalocarpus

|authority = Nees (1842)

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|subdivision_ref = {{cite web |title=Cephalocarpus Nees {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:13633-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=22 August 2024|language=en}}

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• Everardia {{small|Ridl. (1886)}}
• Pseudoeverardia {{small|Gilly (1951)}}

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Cephalocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. It includes 20 species of sedges native to tropical South America, ranging from Colombia and Peru to Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and northern Brazil.

The former genus Everardia is now considered a synonym. It was named in honour of Everard im Thurn (1852–1932), author, explorer, botanist, photographer and British colonial administrator,{{cite book | last=Quattrocchi | first=Umberto | title=CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L | publisher=CRC Press | location=Boca Raton, Florida | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-8493-2676-9}}