Xyris jupicai

Xyris jupicai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: X. jupicai
Binomial name
Xyris jupicai
Rich. 1792 not Xyris jupicae Michx. 1803[1]
Synonyms[2]

Xyris jupicai, Richard's yelloweyed grass,[3] is a New World species of flowering plants 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

  1. The International Plant Names Index
  2. The Plant List, Xyris jupicai Rich.
  3. "Xyris jupicai". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. 1 2 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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