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Xyris

The genus Xyris is in the family Xyridaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Xyris

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Xyris aberdarica Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris acrophila Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris affinis Welw. ex Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris albescens Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris almae Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ambigua Beyr. ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris amorimii Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris anceps Lam. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris andina Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris angularis N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris angustifolia De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted H WCSP
Xyris anisophylla Welw. ex Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris apureana Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris aquatica Idrobo & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris aracamunae Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris arachnoidea Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris araracuarae Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris archeri L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris aristata N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris asperula Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris asterotricha Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris atrata Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris atriceps Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris atrovirida Doust & B.J.Conn Accepted H WCSP
Xyris augusto-coburgii Szyszyl. ex Beck Accepted H WCSP
Xyris aurea L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bahiana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris baldwiniana Schult. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bampsii Lisowski Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bancana Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris barteri N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bialata Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bicarinata Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bicephala Gleason Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bicostata Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bissei Urquiola & Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris blanchetiana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris blepharophylla Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris boliviana Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris brachyfolia Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris brachysepala Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris bracteata R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris brevifolia Michx. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris byssacea Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cachimbensis L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris calcicola E.L.Bridges & Orzell Accepted H WCSP
Xyris calderonii Kral, L.B.Sm. & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris calostachys Paulsen ex Warm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris caparaoensis Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris capensis Thunb. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris capillaris Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris capnoides Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris carinata Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris caroliniana Walter Accepted H WCSP
Xyris celiae L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cheumatophila Doust & B.J.Conn Accepted H WCSP
Xyris chimantae Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ciliata Thunb. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cipoensis L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris columbiana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris complanata R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris concinna N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris confusa L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris congensis Büttner Accepted H WCSP
Xyris connosepala Lanj. & Lindeman Accepted H WCSP
Xyris consanguinea Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris consolida Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris contracta Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris coronata Haines Accepted H WCSP
Xyris correlliorum E.L.Bridges & Orzell Accepted H WCSP
Xyris coutensis Wand. & Cerati Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cryptantha Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cuatrecasana Idrobo & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris culmenicola Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris curassavica Kral & Urquiola Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cylindrostachya Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris cyperoides Gleason Accepted H WCSP
Xyris dardanoi Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris dawsonii L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris decipiens N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris decussata Gleason Accepted H WCSP
Xyris delicatula Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris densa Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris diamantinae Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris diaphanobracteata Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris difformis Chapm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris dilatatiscapa Kral & Jans.-Jac. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris dilungensis Brylska Accepted H WCSP
Xyris dissimilis Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris dissitifolia Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris disticha L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris downsiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris drummondii Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ednae Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris egleri L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ekmanii Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris elegantula Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris eleocharoides Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris elliottii Chapm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris erosa Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris erubescens Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris esmeraldae Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris exigua Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris exilis Doust & B.J.Conn Accepted H WCSP
Xyris fallax Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ferreirae Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris festucifolia Hepper Accepted H WCSP
Xyris fibrosa Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris filifolia L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris filiformis Lam. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris fimbriata Elliott Accepted H WCSP
Xyris flabelliformis Chapm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris flexifolia R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris floridana (Kral) E.L.Bridges & Orzell Accepted H WCSP
Xyris foliolata L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris formosana Hayata Accepted H WCSP
Xyris frequens Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris friesii Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris frondosa Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris fugaciflora Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris fuliginea Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris fusca L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris gerrardii N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris glandacea L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris globosa L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris glochidiata Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris gongylospica Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris gossweileri Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris goyazensis Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris gracilis R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris gracillima F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris graminosa Pohl ex Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris grandiceps Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris grandis Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris graniticola Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris grisebachii Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris guaranitica Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris guianensis Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris guillauminii Conert Accepted H WCSP
Xyris guillenii Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris harleyi Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris hatschbachii L.B. Sm. & Downs Accepted M TRO
Xyris hatschhachii L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris hilariana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris huberi Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris humpatensis N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris hymenachne Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris hystrix Seub. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris imitatrix Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris inaequalis N.A.Wakef. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris indica L. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris indivisa N.A.Wakef. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris insignis L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris intersita Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris involucrata Nees Accepted H WCSP
Xyris isoetifolia Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris itambensis Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris itatiayensis (Malme) Wand. & Sajo Accepted H WCSP
Xyris jataiana Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris jolyi Wand. & Cerati Accepted H WCSP
Xyris juncea R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris juncifolia Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris jupicai Rich. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris kibaraensis Lisowski Accepted H WCSP
Xyris kornasiana Brylska & Lisowski Accepted H WCSP
Xyris kradungensis B.Hansen Accepted H WCSP
Xyris kukenaniana Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris kundelungensis Brylska Accepted H WCSP
Xyris kwangolana P.A.Duvign. & Homes Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lacera R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lacerata Pohl ex Seub. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris laevigata L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lagoinhae Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lanata R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris laniceps Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lanuginosa Seub. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lanulobractea Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris laxiflora F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris laxifolia Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lejolyanus Lisowski Accepted H WCSP
Xyris leonensis Hepper Accepted H WCSP
Xyris leptophylla Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris liesneri Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris linifolia P.Royen Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lithophila Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lobbii Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lomatophylla Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris longibracteata Britton & P.Wilson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris longifolia Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris longiscapa L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris longisepala Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lucida Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris luetzelburgii Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lugubris Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris lutescens Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris macbrideana L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris machrisiana L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris madagascariensis Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris makuensis N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mallocephala Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris malmeana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mantuensis Urquiola & Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris marginata Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris maxima Doust & B.J.Conn Accepted H WCSP
Xyris melanopoda L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris melanovaginata Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mello-barretoi L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris membranibracteata Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mentiens Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mertensiana Körn. ex Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris metallica Klotzsch ex Seub. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mexiae Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mexicana S.Watson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mima L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris minarum Seub. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris montana Ries Accepted H WCSP
Xyris moraesii L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris morii Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris mucujensis Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris muelleri Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris natalensis L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris navicularis Griseb. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris neblinae Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris neglecta L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris neocaledonica Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris nigrescens Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris nigricans L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris nilssonii Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris nivea Welw. ex Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris nubigena Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris obcordata Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris oblata Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris obscura N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris obtusiuscula L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris oligantha Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris operculata Labill. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris organensis Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ornithoptera Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris oxylepis Idrobo & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris paleacea Kral & Urquiola Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pallidula Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris panacea L.C.Anderson & Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pancheri Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris paradisiaca Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris paraensis Poepp. ex Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris parvula Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pauciflora Willd. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pectinata Kral, L.B.Sm. & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris peteri Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris phaeocephala Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris picea Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pilosa Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris piraquarae L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris piresiana L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris plantaginea Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris platylepis Chapm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris platystachya Nilsson ex Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris popeana Lisowski Accepted H WCSP
Xyris porcata Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris porphyrea Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pranceana Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pratensis Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris prolificans Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ptariana Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pterygoblephara Steud. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris pumila Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ramboi L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris regnellii L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rehmannii L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris reitzii L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris retrorsifimbriata Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rhodesiana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rhodolepis (Malme) Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rigida Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rigidiformis Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris riparia Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris roraimae Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris roycei N.A.Wakef. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rubella Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rubrolimbata Heimerl Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rubromarginata Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris rupicola Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris sanguinea Verm. ex Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris savanensis Miq. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris scabridula Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris scabrifolia R.M.Harper Accepted H WCSP
Xyris sceptrifera Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris schizachne Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris schliebenii Poelln. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris schneeana L.B.Sm. & Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris serotina Chapm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris setigera Oliv. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris seubertii L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris sincorana Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris smalliana Nash Accepted H WCSP
Xyris sororia Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris sparsifolia Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris spathacea Lanj. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris spectabilis Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris spinulosa Kral & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris spruceana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris stenocephala Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris stenophylla L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris stenophylloides Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris stenostachya Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris straminea Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris stricta Chapm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subaristata Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subasperula Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subglabrata Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subsetigera Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subtilis Lock Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subulata Ruiz & Pav. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris subuniflora Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris sulcatifolia Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris surinamensis A.Spreng. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris symoensii Brylska & Lisowski Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tasmanica (D.I.Morris) Doust & B.J.Conn Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tatei Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris teinosperma Idrobo & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tenella Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tennesseensis Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris teres L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris teretifolia R.Br. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris terrestris Idrobo & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris theodori Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris thysanolepis Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tomentosa L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris toronoana Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris torta Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tortilis Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tortula Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris trachyphylla Mart. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris trachysperma Kral & Duiv. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris trichophylla Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tristis L.B.Sm. & Downs Accepted H WCSP
Xyris tuberosa Ridl. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris uleana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris uninervis Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris unistriata Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris ustulata L.A.Nilsson Accepted H WCSP
Xyris vacillans Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris valdeapiculata Kral Accepted H WCSP
Xyris valida Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris venezolana Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris veruina Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris vestita Malme Accepted H WCSP
Xyris villosicarinata Kral & Wand. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris vivipara Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris wallichii Kunth Accepted H WCSP
Xyris wawrae Heimerl Accepted H WCSP
Xyris welwitschii Rendle Accepted H WCSP
Xyris witsenioides Oliv. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris wurdackii Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Xyris xiphophylla Maguire & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 559 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Xyris. Of these 355 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 107 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Xyris. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 559 species names for the genus Xyris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 355 63.5%
◕ Synonym 191 34.2%
◕ Unplaced 7 1.3%
◕ Unassessed 6 1.1%

All names

The status of the 666 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Xyris recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 375 56.3%
◕ Synonym 278 41.7%
◕ Unplaced 7 1.1%
◕ Unassessed 6 0.9%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 559 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Xyris, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 354 188 0 0 542 97.0%
Medium confidence 1 3 0 0 4 0.7%
Low confidence 0 0 7 6 13 2.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Xyris, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 3 0 5 0 9 1.6%
WCSP 354 188 7 0 0 549 98.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.2%