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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Xyris

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Xyridaceae

About 250 species (mainly North and South America, but also Australia, Asia and Africa), with 17 species native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Xyris anceps

 

Xyris angularis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris asterotricha

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris capensis

Xyris congensis

 

Xyris gerrardii

 

Xyris huillensis

 

Xyris makuensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris natalensis

 

Xyris nivea

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris obscura

 

Xyris rehmannii

 

Xyris rhodesiana

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris rhodolepis

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris rubella

 

Xyris schliebenii

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Xyris straminea

Recorded from Zimbabwe.