Xyris caroliniana

Xyris caroliniana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: Xyris caroliniana

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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)

Distribution

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, 2nd Edition

References

• 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.

Vernacular names

English: Carolina yelloweyed grass

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