Xyris Gronov. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 42 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics to N. America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Phonsena, P., Chantaranothai, P. & Meesawat, A. (2013). Revision of Xyris L. (Xyridaceae) in Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 41: 102-139.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 7.
  • Sp. Pl. 42 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 25 (1754)
  • Malme in E.J. 48: 287–308 (1912)
  • N.E. Br. in F.T.A. 8: 6–25 (1901)
  • Sp. Pl.: 42 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2016 Darbyshire, I.; Banze, A. [938] Mozambique K001187581 Yes
Feb 2, 2013 Giulietti, A.M.; Harley, R.M.; Ramos, F. [2234] Brazil K000837653 Yes
Jan 30, 2013 Stannard, B.; Longhi-Wagner, H.; Harley, R.M. [CFCR6168] Brazil K000837662 Yes
Jan 30, 2013 Heringer, E.P.; Rizz, C.T. [17585] Brazil K000837671 Yes
Jan 19, 2013 Glaziou, A. [19952] Brazil K000894361 Type Yes
Jan 18, 2013 Ratter, J.A.; Fonsêca, S.G.; Filho, J.F. [3092] Brazil K000837604 Yes
Mar 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9898] Cameroon K000746693 Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Maisels, F. [51] Cameroon K000746831 Yes
May 1, 1998 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Fierro, A.F.; Queiroz, R.F.; Ganev, W. [H51227] Brazil K000837744 Yes
Apr 22, 1998 Ganev, W. [820] Brazil K000837487 Yes
Apr 22, 1998 Stannard, B.; Silva, T. [52795] Brazil K000837740 Yes
Apr 1, 1998 Ganev, W. [354] Brazil K000837481 Yes
Jan 9, 1998 Bamps, P.; Malaisse, F. [8481] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000321241 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Mori, S.A.; Carvalho, A.M.; Mattos Silva, L.A.; Santos, T.S.; Ribeiro, A.J. [s.n.] Brazil K000837486 Yes
Oct 1, 1984 Harley, R.M. [19897] Brazil K000587070 Type Yes
May 1, 1983 Menezes, N.L.; Giulietti, A.M.; Semir, J.; Furlan, A.; Rossi, L.; Cordeiro, I.; Pirani, J.R. [CFCR1460] Brazil K000837485 Yes
May 1, 1983 Furlan, A.; Pirani, J.R.; Kawasaki, M.L.; Biacui, J.; Amaral, M.C.E.; Castro, N.M. [CFCR1563] Brazil K000837482 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Mori, S.A.; King, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Hage, J.L. [s.n.] Brazil K000837489 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19778] Brazil K000587104 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18801] Brazil K000587109 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18777] Brazil K000837484 Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Mann, G. [1858] Equatorial Guinea K000321243 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1932 Glaziou, A.F.M. [19948] Brazil K000587103 Type Yes
Ollerton, J.; Gopaul, D.; Cranmer, L.; Henderson, B.; Kellie, S. [194] Guyana K002180086 No
Salzmann [s.n.] Brazil K000837354 Yes
Rehmann, A. [8139] South Africa K000321299 Type Yes
Jardim, J.G.; Jardim, A.B.; Costa-Lima, J.L.; Roque, A.A.; Marinho, A.M.; Fernandes Neto, J.G.; Soares, P.C.; Silva, R. [5632] Brazil K002180093 Yes
Constable, E.F. [64016] Australia K000457669 Type No
Baum, H. [333] Angola K000321265 Type Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [18776] Brazil K002180096 No
Talbot de Malahide Australia K:SPC-31831.000 No
Souza, V.C.; Giulietti, A.M.; Sakuragui, C.M.; Harley, R.M.; Atkins, S. [CFCR 13926] Brazil K000837741 Yes
Constable, E.F. [7313] Australia K000457665 Type No
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; De Carvalho, A.M.D.; Soares Nunes, J.M.; Hage, J.L. [22605] Brazil K002180095 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19766] Brazil K002180085 Yes
Ward, C.J. [10042] South Africa K002064335 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [2012] Colombia K:SPC-44668.000 No
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54208] Brazil K000837739 Yes
Darwin, S.P. [1193] United States K002063024 Yes
Verdi, M. [6838] Brazil K001382210 Yes
Aedo, C.; Castroviejo, S.; Pedrol, J.; Rico, E. [18659] South Africa K001569860 Yes
Massunde, J. [JM737] Mozambique K001346344 No
Constable, E.F. [96203] Australia K000457666 Type No
Philcox, D.; Wijesundara, D.S.A.; Weerasooriya, A.D. [10431] Sri Lanka K002062416 Yes
Pirani, J.R.; Harley, R.M.; Stannard, B.L.; Furlan, A.; Kameyama, C. [1681] Brazil K000837672 Yes
Constable, E.F. [91512] Australia K000457676 Type No
Evans, O.D.; Constable, E.J. [68718] Australia K000457691 Type Yes
Latz, P.K. [3342] Australia K002063005 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [37630] New Caledonia K002063023 Yes
Burgess, A.G. [1] Guyana K002180090 Yes
Constable, E.F. [85335] Australia K000457704 No
Coveny, R.G. [136099] Australia K000457672 Type No
Warrington, J.F.; Burras, K.; Woodhams, J.R.; Edwards, P.J. [K.E.R.50] Guyana K002180087 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002063000 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Renvoize, S.A.; Erskine, C.M.; Brighton, C.A.; Pinheiro, R. [16965 A] Brazil K000837762 Yes
Evans, O.D. [68722] Australia K000457701 No
Roque, N.; Sano, P.T.; Forzza, R.C.; Lima, L.R.; Marcato, A.C. [382] Brazil K000837738 Yes
Evans, O.D. [84684] Australia K000457705 No
Harley, R.M. [19767] Brazil K000837767 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [42274] New Caledonia K002063022 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.L.; Cordeiro, I.; Kameyama, C. [24199] Brazil K000837761 Yes
Welwitsch [2463] Angola K000321286 Kleptotype Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [4404] Tanzania K002063646 No
Monro, A. K.; Santamaría, D. [AKM8133] Costa Rica K001581737 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; DeCarvalho, A.M.; Soares Gouveia, J.M.; Hage, J.L. [22616] Brazil K002180097 Yes
Newton [s.n.] Angola K000321289 Type Yes
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000912575 Unknown Type Material Yes
Buchanan, J. [304] South Africa K000321298 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Zambia K000321264 Type Yes
Zappi, D.C. [2083] Brazil K000652626 Yes
Ganev, W. [176] Brazil K000837553 Yes
Simaga, J. M. [896] Papua New Guinea K001635766 No
Herrington, S.; O'Brien, S.; Wilson-Wright, R.; Porteous, N.; Lunt, P. Bancroft, C. [173] Australia K001520038 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [41706] New Caledonia K002063021 Yes
Evans, O.D. [69269] Australia K000457702 No
Roriama, E.F. [62] K000308893 Holotype Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5041] Tanzania K000190269 No
Constable, E.F. [73618] Australia K000457700 No
Drouet, F. [2451] Brazil K000837356 Yes
Ganev, W. [721] Brazil K000837524 Yes
Burchell [9569] Brazil K000837353 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Carvalho, A.M.; Martinelli, G. [20919] Brazil K000837483 Yes
Evans, O.D. [68721] Australia K000457703 No
Harris, T. [184] Mozambique K000613259 Yes
Sanaiotti, T.M. [294] Brazil K000837600 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5737] Tanzania K000468687 Yes
MacGillivray, J. [500] Australia K000912583 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adams, L.G.; Lazarides, M. [3096] Australia K002063003 Yes
Adamson, G. [414] Malawi K000321263 Type Yes
Constable, E.F. [96204] Australia K000457675 Type No
Constable, E.F. [87206] Australia K000457671 Type No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5214] Tanzania K000190442 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002063001 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Pirani, J.R.; Stannard, B.L.; Cordeiro, I.; Kameyana, C. [24627] Brazil K000837766 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54191] Brazil K000837743 Yes
s.coll. [3663] K002063002 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54191] Brazil K000837773 Yes
Constable, E.F. [91511] Australia K000457670 Type No
Curror [s.n.] Angola K000321287 Type Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Lilwah, R.; Raghoenandan, U.P.D.; Scheplitz, F.; Vermeer, J. [5386] Guyana K002180091 Yes
Curtis, W.M. Australia K:SPC-30717.000 No
Tweedie [1343] Kenya K002063643 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000837355 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Bromley, G.L.; Sant´Ana, S.C.; Hage, J.L.; Santos, E.B. [22144] Brazil K000837488 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Hatschbach, M.; Ribas, O.S. [52121] Brazil K000837670 Yes
Constable, E.F. [65515] Australia K000457677 Type No
Souza, V.C.; Zappi, D.C.; Hind, D.J.N.; Paula-Souza, J.; Jennings, L. [[32545]] Brazil K000652643 Yes
Wild, H. [35999] Zimbabwe K:SPC-02459.000 No
Ward, C.J. [10658] South Africa K002064334 Yes
Curtis, W.M. Australia K:SPC-07296.000 No
Delprete, P.G.; Bone, R.E.; Lolli, G. [11221] French Guiana K002180092 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J. [4665] Uganda K:SPC-04612.000 No
Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000912574 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallace, E.C. [9186] Burma K002062414 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Mayo, S.J.; Storr, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Pinheiro, R.S. [19766] Brazil K002180094 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000837358 Yes
Forzza, R.C.; Monteiro, R.F.; Saavedra, M.M.; Moura, R.; Avelar, M.G. [4623] Brazil K000837637 Yes
Morrison, A. [s.n.] Australia K002062999 Yes
Stewart, J. [2017] South Africa K002064336 Yes
de Malahide, T. (Lord) [s.n.] Australia K002062997 Yes
Brown, R. [5722] Australia K000912576 Unknown Type Material Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9714] Tanzania K:SPC-38417.000 No
Melville, R.; Bymes, N. [71/8] K002063004 Yes
Harris, T. [318] Mozambique K000613754 No
Constable, E.F. [63240] Australia K000457667 Type No
Brown, R. [5721] Australia K000912573 Unknown Type Material Yes
Burgess, A.S. [1] Guyana K002180089 Yes
Spruce [104] Brazil K000837357 Yes
Thurn, E.F. [240] K000308889 Holotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Brazil K000837673 Yes
Philcox, D.; Wijesundara, D.S.A.; Weerasooriya, A.D. [10432] Sri Lanka K002062415 Yes
Richards, H.M. [17992] Tanzania K002063645 No
Constable, E.F. [91470] Australia K000457673 Type No
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54217] Brazil K000837742 Yes
Constable, E.F. [91471] Australia K000457674 Type No
Stannard, B.; Silva, T. [H50846] Brazil K000837768 Yes
de Malahide, T. (Lord) [s.n.] Australia K002062998 Yes
Evans, O.D. [63141] Australia K000457668 Type No
Zappi, D.C.; Rando, J.G.; Araújo, A.C.; Calio, M.F.; Devecchi, M. [2780] Brazil K000544233 Yes
Verdcourt, B. [669] K:SPC-34196.000 No
Ward, C.J. [10130] South Africa K002064333 Yes
Warrington, J.F.; Burras, K.; Woodhams, J.R.; Edwards, P.J. [K.E.R.44] Guyana K002180088 Yes

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