Xyris jupicai

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Xyris jupicai
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. jupicai
Binomial name
Xyris jupicai
Rich. 1792 not Xyris jupicae Michx. 1803 [1]
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Xyris acuminataMiq. ex Steud.
  • Xyris ancepsPers. 1805 not Lam. 1791
  • Xyris arenicolaMiq.
  • Xyris communisKunth
  • Xyris gymnopteraGriseb.
  • Xyris jupicaeMichx.
  • Xyris jupicai var. brachylepisMalme
  • Xyris jupicai var. humilis(Kunth) Malme
  • Xyris laxifolia var. minorMart.
  • Xyris laxifolia var. sellowiana(Kunth) Seub.
  • Xyris macrocephalaVahl
  • Xyris macrocephala f. minor(Mart.) Malme
  • Xyris macrocephala var. minor(Mart.) L.A.Nilsson
  • Xyris macrocephala f. minor(Mart.) M. Kuhlm. & Kuhn
  • Xyris partitaChapm. ex Ries
  • Xyris sellowianaKunth
  • Xyris sellowiana f. humilisKunth
  • Xyris surinamensisMiq. 1843 not Spreng. 1828

Xyris jupicai, common name Richard's yelloweyed grass, [3] is a New World species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is widespread in North America, South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Xyris jupicai is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with grass-like leaves up to 60 cm (2 feet) long, and yellow flowers. [5]

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References

  1. The International Plant Names Index
  2. The Plant List, Xyris jupicai Rich.
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Xyris jupicai". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. 1 2 Flora of North America, Xyris jupicai Richard 1972
  6. Hammel, B. E. 2003. Xyridaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. III. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 843–845
  7. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1958. Xyridaceae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part I. Fieldiana, Botany 24(1): 370–373
  8. Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden . 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744
  9. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584