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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Xyris

Hierarchical position of the Genus Xyris

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Commelinanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 514. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Xyridales Lindl. pub. Veg. Kingd.: lvii, 185. Jan-Mai 1846.    Familia  Xyridaceae C. Agardh pub. Aphor. Bot. (11): 158. 23 Mai 1823. common name: Yellow-eyed Grasses    Subfamilia  Xyridoideae Kunth ex Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 135. 9 Mar 1832.    Tribus  Xyrideae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(1): 14.    Genus  Xyris L. pub. (1753) common name: yelloweyed grass

Named members of the Genus Xyris

1	Species  ambigua Bey. ex Kunth common name: coastalplain yelloweyed grass
2	Species  arenicola Miq. syn. Xyris jupicai
3	Species  baldwiniana J.A. Schultes
	4    Varietas  tenuifolia (Chapman) Malme syn. Xyris baldwiniana
5	Species  bayardii Fern. syn. Xyris difformis var. curtissii
6	Species  brevifolia Michx. common name: shortleaf yelloweyed grass
7	Species  bulbosa Kunth syn. Xyris torta
8	Species  caroliniana Walt.
	9    Varietas  olneyi Wood syn. Xyris smalliana
10	Species  chapmanii Bridges & Orzell syn. Xyris scabrifolia
11	Species  communis Kunth syn. Xyris jupicai
12	Species  complanata R. Br. common name: Hawai'i yelloweyed grass
13	Species  congdonii Small syn. Xyris smalliana
14	Species  curtissii Malme syn. Xyris difformis var. curtissii
15	Species  difformis Chapman
	16    Varietas  curtissii (Malme) Kral common name: Curtiss' yelloweyed grass 17    Varietas  difformis common name: bog yelloweyed grass 18    Varietas  floridana Kral common name: Florida yelloweyed grass
19	Species  drummondii Malme common name: Drummond's yelloweyed grass
20	Species  elata Chapman syn. Xyris jupicai
21	Species  elliottii Chapman common name: Elliott's yelloweyed grass
22	Species  fimbriata Ell. common name: fringed yelloweyed grass
23	Species  flabelliformis Chapman common name: savannah yelloweyed grass
24	Species  flexuosa Chapman syn. Xyris torta
25	Species  indica L. syn. Xyris torta
26	Species  iridifolia Chapman syn. Xyris laxifolia var. iridifolia
27	Species  isoetifolia Kral common name: quillwort yelloweyed grass
28	Species  juncea Baldw. syn. Xyris baldwiniana
29	Species  jupicai L.C. Rich. common name: Richard's yelloweyed grass
30	Species  laxifolia Mart.
	31    Varietas  iridifolia (Chapman) Kral, comb. nov. ined. common name: irisleaf yelloweyed grass
32	Species  longisepala Kral common name: Kral's yelloweyed grass
33	Species  louisianica Bridges & Orzell common name: Louisiana yelloweyed grass
34	Species  montana Ries common name: northern yelloweyed grass
35	Species  neglecta Small syn. Xyris difformis var. curtissii
36	Species  pallescens (C. Mohr) Small syn. Xyris caroliniana
37	Species  papillosa Fassett syn. Xyris difformis var. curtissii
38	Species  platylepis Chapman common name: tall yelloweyed grass
39	Species  scabrifolia Harper common name: Harper's yelloweyed grass
40	Species  serotina Chapman common name: acidswamp yelloweyed grass
41	Species  smalliana Nash
	42    Varietas  olneyi (Wood) Gleason syn. Xyris smalliana
43	Species  stricta Chapman common name: pineland yelloweyed grass
44	Species  tennesseensis Kral common name: Tennessee yelloweyed grass
45	Species  torta Sm.
	46    Varietas  macropoda Fern. syn. Xyris torta 47    Varietas  occidentalis Malme syn. Xyris torta

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.