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|accepted_name=Cosmos caudatus
|accepted_authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.
|place=4(fol.): 188. 1818
|year=1818
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|place=4(qto.): 240. 1820
|year=1820
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Coreopsidinae;Cosmos;Cosmos caudatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Coreopsidinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cosmos]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cosmos caudatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 203, 205
|treatment_page=page 204
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>30–250 cm, glabrous or sparsely hispid. <b>Leaves</b>: petioles 1–7 cm; blades 10–20 cm, ultimate lobes 2–10 mm wide, margins spinulose-ciliate, apices acute, often mucronulate. <b>Peduncles</b> 10–30 cm. <b>Calyculi</b> of usually spreading, linear-subulate bractlets 6–10 mm, apices acuminate. <b>Involucres</b> 5–15 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> erect, oblong-lanceolate, 7–11 mm, apices acute to obtuse. <b>Ray</b> corollas rose-pink to purple, laminae oblong-oblanceolate, 5–15 mm, apices obtusely 3-lobed. <b>Disc</b> corollas 5–6 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 12–35 mm, glabrous or scabridulous proximally, setose distally; pappi of 2–3 widely divergent to reflexed awns 3–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;also introduced in Asia;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p>Within the flora area, <i>Cosmos caudatus</i> is found only in the Florida Keys.</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=melchert1990a
|text=Melchert, T. E. 1990. Cosmos caudatus (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae) in Mexico: A cytotaxonomic reappraisal. Phytologia 69: 200–215.
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name=Cosmos caudatus
|authority=Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Disturbed sites
|elevation=0–10 m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;also introduced in Asia;Pacific Islands.
|introduced=true
|reference=melchert1990a
|publication title=in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp.;
|publication year=1818;1820
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Coreopsidinae
|genus=Cosmos
|species=Cosmos caudatus
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