Genus: Xyris
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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
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Xyris angularis
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris asterotricha
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris capensis
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Xyris congensis |
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Xyris gerrardii |
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Xyris huillensis |
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Xyris makuensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris natalensis |
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Xyris nivea
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris obscura |
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Xyris rehmannii |
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Xyris rhodesiana
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris rhodolepis
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris rubella |
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Xyris schliebenii
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Xyris straminea
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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