Xyris jupicai

Xyris jupicai
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
	List Xyris acuminata Miq. ex Steud. ; Xyris anceps Pers. 1805 not Lam. 1791 ; Xyris arenicola Miq. ; Xyris communis Kunth ; Xyris gymnoptera Griseb. ; Xyris jupicae Michx. ; Xyris jupicai var. brachylepis Malme ; Xyris jupicai var. humilis (Kunth) Malme ; Xyris laxifolia var. minor Mart. ; Xyris laxifolia var. sellowiana (Kunth) Seub. ; Xyris macrocephala Vahl ; Xyris macrocephala f. minor (Mart.) Malme ; Xyris macrocephala var. minor (Mart.) L.A.Nilsson ; Xyris macrocephala f. minor (Mart.) M. Kuhlm. & Kuhn ; Xyris partita Chapm. ex Ries ; Xyris sellowiana Kunth ; Xyris sellowiana f. humilis Kunth ; Xyris surinamensis Miq. 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]

References[edit]

^ The International Plant Names Index
^ The Plant List, Xyris jupicai Rich.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Xyris jupicai". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ ^a ^b Flora of North America, Xyris jupicai Richard 1972
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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

External links[edit]

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in 1982 in State of Paraná in Brazil

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[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

[tammy-5] 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

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