Biology:Xyris ambigua

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Short description: Species of yelloweyed grass

Xyris ambigua
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. ambigua
Binomial name
Xyris ambigua
Beyr. ex Kunth 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Xyris rhombipetala C.Wright

Xyris ambigua, the coastal plain yelloweyed grass,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, the Yucatán), Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and the southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas to Virginia inland to Tennessee and Arkansas).[3][4][5][6]

Xyris ambigua is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with grass-like leaves and yellow flowers.[7]

References

  1. The Plant List, Xyris ambigua Beyr. ex Kunth
  2. "Xyris ambigua". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=XYAM. 
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 85: i–ix, 1–246
  5. Kral, R. 2001. Xyridaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(3): 2544–2549
  6. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  7. Flora of North America, Xyris ambigua Beyrich ex Kunth, 1843.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15476638 entry