Xyris capensis var. capensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: Xyris capensis
Varietas: X. c. var. capensis

Name

Xyris capensis var. capensis autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Xyris schoenoides Mart. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 30 (1832)
  • Xyris nilagiriensis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 288 (1855)
  • Xyris melanocephala Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 528 (1857)
  • Xyris semifuscata Bojer ex Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 277 (1883)
  • Xyris capensis f. nilagiriensis (Steud.) L.A.Nilsson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 48: 155 (1891)
  • Xyris capensis f. schoenoides (Mart.) L.A.Nilsson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 48: 155 (1891)
  • Xyris capensis f. semifuscata (Bojer ex Baker) L.A.Nilsson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 48: 154 (1891)
  • Xyris capensis var. multicaulis L.A.Nilsson, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 24(14): 41 (1892)
  • Xyris capensis var. schoenoides (Mart.) L.A.Nilsson, Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 24(14): 41 (1892)
  • Xyris capensis var. nilagiriensis (Steud.) Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika: 154 (1892)
  • Xyris nilagarensis Steud. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 365 (1892), pro syn.
  • Xyris reptans Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 68 (1899)
  • Xyris zombana N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 8: 13 (1901)
  • Xyris capensis var. angolensis Malme, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 307 (1912)
  • Xyris sumatrana Malme, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 10: 391 (1929)
  • Xyris subrubella Malme ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 322 (1936), no Latin descr.
  • Xyris novoguineensis Hatus., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 422 (1942)
  • Xyris flabellata P.Royen, Blumea 7: 308 (1953)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Africa West Tropical Africa Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo. West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre. Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. Western Indian Ocean Madagascar. Asia-Temperate China China South-Central, China Southeast. Asia Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka. Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Malesia Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Papuasia New Guinea. Southern America Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition