Xyridaceae
Xyris

Xyris hymenachne Mart.

First published in Flora 24(2 Beibl.): 55 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) in Steyermark, J., Berry, P.E., Holts, B.K. (eds). (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1991 Smith, L.B. [1982] Brazil K000837191 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Miers, J. [4260] Brazil K000837196 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Glaziou [67277] Brazil K000837195 Yes
Jan 1, 1991 Arbo, M.M.; Melo-Silva, R.; Schinini, A.; Souza, V.C. [4145] Brazil K000837184 Yes
Oct 1, 1989 Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S.; Salles, A.E.H.; Silva, F.C. [4693] Brazil K000837101 Yes
Oct 1, 1984 Camerile, A.M. [237] Brazil K000837100 Yes
Jan 1, 1980 Mori, S.A.; King, R.M.; Santos, T.S.; Hage, J.L. [s.n.] Brazil K000837102 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Harley, R.M. [20125] Brazil K000837103 Yes
Jan 1, 1962 Eiten, G.; Eiten, L.T. [2479] Brazil K000837190 Yes
Jan 1, 1932 Gardner, G. [684] Brazil K000837187 Yes
Jan 1, 1932 Claussen [s.n.] Brazil K000837188 Yes
Jan 1, 1932 Glaziou, A. [22238] Brazil K000837194 Yes
Gardner [684] Brazil K000587038 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clayton, W.D. [4863] Brazil K000837192 Yes
Goldsmith [149] Brazil K000837193 Yes
Anderson, W.R. [10392] Brazil K000837183 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5680] Brazil K000837185 Yes
Zappi, D.C.; Biggs, N.; Silveira, E.A.; Piva, J.H.; Bessa, M.A. [997] Brazil K000578626 Yes
Sellow [215] Brazil K000837186 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5763] Brazil K000837197 Yes
s.coll. [872] Brazil K000587040 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malme, G.O.A. [2022] Brazil K000837189 Yes
Sasaki, D.; Biggs, N.; Camargo, A.C.; Bessa, M.A. [1904] Brazil K000578625 Yes
Sellow [215] Brazil K000587039 Unknown Type Material Yes
Tate, G.H.H. [334] Guyana Xyris submontana K000587111 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0