Xyris caroliniana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Xyris caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol.: 69 (1788)

Heterotypic
- Xyris indica Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 33 (1813)
- Xyris flexuosa Muhl. ex Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 51 (1816)
- Ramotha floridana Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 15 (1837)
- Xyris fimbriata Beyr. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 4: 12 (1843), not validly publ.
- Xyris canadensis Schnizl., Iconogr. Fam. Regn. Veg. 1: t. 47 (1844)
- Xyris caroliniana var. scabra Engelm. & A.Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 235 (1845)
- Xyris scabra Engelm., Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 235 (1845)
- Xyris conocephala C.Wright, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 61 (1870)
- Xyris glabra Engelm. ex Ries, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 37 (1892)
- Xyris graminifolia Chapm. ex Ries, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 40 (1892)
- Xyris torta var. pallescens C.Mohr, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 428 (1901)
- Xyris arenicola Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 234 (1903), nom. illeg.
- Xyris pallescens Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 234 (1903)
- Kotsjiletti flexuosa (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 99 (1913)
- Xyris caroliniana f. phyllolepis Fernald, Rhodora 36: 194 (1934)
- Xyris conocephala var. pallescens (C.Mohr) Malme, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 45 (1937)
- Xyris flexuosa var. pallescens (Small) Barnhart in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 19: 15 (1937)
- Xyris caroliniana f. flaccida Fernald, Rhodora 42: 433 (1940)

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Northeastern U.S.A New Jersey. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. Southern America Caribbean Cuba. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Xyris caroliniana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: Carolina yelloweyed grass