Feathered yellow-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Xyridaceae |
Genus: | Xyris |
Species: | X. complanata
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Binomial name | |
Xyris complanata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Xyris complanata, known as the feathered yellow-eye is a tufted herb in the Xyridaceae family. It is native to southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia ( Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Sumatra), the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia). It is also naturalized in Hawaii where it is known as Hawai'i yelloweyed grass. [1] [2] [3] In New South Wales it grows in moist areas, often near swamps or in heathland.
The specific epithet complanata refers to the flattened leaf stalk. [4] This species first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810. [5]
Feathered yellow-eye | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Xyridaceae |
Genus: | Xyris |
Species: | X. complanata
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Binomial name | |
Xyris complanata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Xyris complanata, known as the feathered yellow-eye is a tufted herb in the Xyridaceae family. It is native to southern China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia ( Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Sumatra), the Philippines, New Guinea and Australia ( New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia). It is also naturalized in Hawaii where it is known as Hawai'i yelloweyed grass. [1] [2] [3] In New South Wales it grows in moist areas, often near swamps or in heathland.
The specific epithet complanata refers to the flattened leaf stalk. [4] This species first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810. [5]