Xyridaceae
Xyris

Xyris anceps Lam.

First published in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 132 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar, N. South America to Brazil. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Equatorial Guinea, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Venezuela, Zaïre

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(4): 1-151. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 184
  • F.T.A. 8: 12
  • Hepper in Kew Bull. 21: 419 (1968).
  • Meikle & Baldwin in Am. J. Bot. 39: 50 (1952)
  • Tabl. Encycl. 1: 132 (1791)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Barry, J. P. & Celles, J.S. (1991). Flore de Mauritanie 2: 360-550. Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique, Nice.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Agnew, A.D.Q. & Agnew, S., Upland Kenya Wild Flowers, ed. 2: 325 (1994).
  • Hepper in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 54, fig. 334C (1968).
  • Hepper in Kew Bulletin 21: 419 (1968)
  • J. Lewis & Oberm. in Flora of Southern Africa 4(2): 2, t. 1/1 (1985).
  • J. Lewis in Fl. Cameroun 22: 42, t. 6/8 (1981).
  • Koenders, Fl. Pemba I.: 51 (1992).
  • Lam., Tab. Encycl. Meth. Bot. 1: 132 (1791).
  • Malme in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48: 307 (1912).
  • N.E. Br. in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 12 (1901).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 97 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Gledhill, D. [1a] Sierra Leone K:SPC-24741.000 No
Morton, J.K. [SL 3988] Sierra Leone K002063048 Yes
McClean, A.P.D. [386] South Africa K002064290 Yes
Diniz, M.A.; Gonçalves, A.E.; Catarino, L. [1183] Guinea-Bissau K002063034 Yes
Raimundo, A.R.F.; Guerra, J.A. [539] Guinea K002063031 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2408] Botswana K002063980 No
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [3166] Cote d'Ivoire K002063060 Yes
Gledhill, D. [s.n.] Sierra Leone K002063038 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [2631] Sierra Leone K002063045 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1428] Nigeria K002063069 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [992] Sierra Leone K002063043 Yes
Raimundo, A.R.F.; Guerra, J.A. [893] Guinea K002063032 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1818] Botswana K002063979 No
Gledhill, D. [52] Sierra Leone K002063046 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [683] Cote d'Ivoire K002063059 Yes
Poiteau, P.A. [s.n.] Guyana K002064799 Yes
Raimundo, A.R.F.; Guerra, J.A. [716] Guinea K002063033 Yes
Fishlock, W.C. [2. A] K002063065 Yes
Millen, H. [152] Nigeria K002063073 Yes
[A. Millen] [s.n.] Nigeria K002063074 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1278] Nigeria K002063070 Yes
Faulkner, H.G. [2030] Tanzania K002063546 Yes
Fishlock, W.C. [2.A] Ghana K002063066 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 334962] Nigeria K002063078 Yes
Bogdan, A. [1383] Kenya K002063545 Yes
Wrigley, T.C.; Melville, F.A. [716] Liberia K002063058 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1471] Liberia K002063054 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 35814] Nigeria K002063076 Yes
s.coll. [962] K002063025 Yes
Revell, R.J. [159] Tanzania K002063552 Yes
Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. [10368] South Africa K002064288 Yes
Ochafu, P.A. [8659] Togo K002063067 Yes
Shabani [169] Tanzania K002063553 Yes
Mwasumbi, L.B.; Vollesen, K.B. [Mw.12322] Tanzania K002063554 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1513] Liberia K002063056 Yes
Mauve, A.A. [4212] South Africa K002064289 Yes
Harris, B.J. [1110] Tanzania K002063547 Yes
[Delepcot] [235] French Guiana K002064800 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [10511] Liberia K002063052 Yes
Vollesen, K. [3932] Tanzania K000321248 Type Yes
Gledhill, D. [2a] Sierra Leone K:SPC-24759.000 No
Hall, J.B. [2931] Ghana K002063063 Yes
Aké Assi, L. [s.n.] Cote d'Ivoire K002063061 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [14013] Nigeria K002063068 Yes
Magogo, F.; Glover, P. [354] Kenya K002063544 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [5387] Tanzania K002063550 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL267] Sierra Leone K002063047 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 6674] Ghana K002063062 Yes
Batty, M. [1239] Tanzania K002063549 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1279] Nigeria K002063072 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI. 43285] Nigeria K002063079 Yes
Niga; Banta, E. [2200] Nigeria K002063075 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001731910 Yes
Batty, M. [187] Tanzania K002063551 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1464A] Liberia K002063057 Yes
Daramola, B.O. [FHI. 55159] Nigeria K002063080 Yes
Batty, M. [648] Tanzania K002063548 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1447] Sierra Leone K002063041 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [746] Sierra Leone K002063037 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [s.n.] Tanzania K001731030 Yes
Luke; Robertson, D. [2713] Kenya K002063543 Yes
Emwiogbon, J.A. [FHI. 63169] Nigeria K002063081 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1792] Botswana K002063978 No
Scott Elliot, G.F. [3931] Sierra Leone K002063051 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [2134] Guinea K002063029 Yes
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Donnie, P. [11708] Liberia K002063050 Yes
Linder, D.H. [1474] Liberia K002063055 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [908] Sierra Leone K002063053 Yes
Kent, P.E. [30] Guinea K002063026 Yes
Gledhill, D. [3a] Sierra Leone K:SPC-24775.000 No
Small, D. [787] Sierra Leone K002063036 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [2141] Guinea K002063030 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL 1421] Sierra Leone K002063049 Yes
de Winter, B.; Vahrmeijer, J. [8560] South Africa K002064287 Yes
Gledhill, D. [51] Sierra Leone K002063044 Yes
Small, D. [785] Sierra Leone K002063035 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [1278] Nigeria K002063071 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [4999] Sierra Leone K002063040 Yes
Hall, J.B. [GC 37107] Ghana K002063064 Yes
Savory, H.J. [UCI 271] Nigeria K002063077 Yes
Faulkner, H.G.; Faulkner, H.G. [2646] K002063555 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [282] Sierra Leone K002063042 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [263] Sierra Leone K002063039 Yes

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