Xyridaceae C.Agardh
Xyris gracilis R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 256 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(M.D.) v.v."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 15 [secondary reference]
Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 69 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 91 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 79 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 122 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Key to the System of Victorian Plants 2: Fig. 122 BHL [secondary reference]
Nilsson, A. (1892), Studien Uber die Xyrideen. Kunglliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar n.s 24(14): 26 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 220 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 278 [secondary reference]
Ewart, A.J. (1910), Plants Indigenous to Victoria 2: t. 97, opposite 34 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 102 [secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 179 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 432 [secondary reference]
Evans, O.D. (1966), Xyridaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 27: 4-7 [secondary reference]
Evans, O.D. (15 September 1966), The Xyris gracilis complex. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(1): 1-8, Figs 1(graph showing bract variation), 2(map) [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 59 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Xyridaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 80 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Xyris juncea R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 79
Doust, A.N. & Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Xyridaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 263, pl. 19 [secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Flowering Plants (Magnoliophyta). Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 175, Fig. 36d-e [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Yellow-eye [n/a]
Doust, A.N. & Conn, B.J. (26 October 1994), Xyris L. section Xyris (Xyridaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 7(5): 476-479, figs 11a-l, 12 (map) [misapplied]
misapplied to: Xyris juncea R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 79
Conn, B.J. & Doust, A.N.L. (20 June 1997), Xyris L. section Pomatoxyris Endl. (Xyridaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(2): 205-209, figs 8, 9 (map) [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Victoria: 'Port Phillip', Brown s.n. [Bennett no. 5724], 25 jan. 1804 (BM); isolecto: 'Port Phillip', Brown s.n. [Bennett no. 5724], without date (K); probably isolecto: 'Port Phillip', 'Ex. Hb. [Herb.] R.Brown: Coll. Ex J.J.Bennett 8/80' 'Herb. Hooker' (K).
nomenclatural synonym: Xyris gracilis R.Br. subsp. gracilis legitimate
Conn, B.J. & Doust, A.N.L. (20 June 1997), Xyris L. section Pomatoxyris Endl. (Xyridaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10(2): 192 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Xyris operculata Labill. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Key to the System of Victorian Plants 2: Fig. 122
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Xyris operculata Labill. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1910), Plants Indigenous to Victoria 2: t. 97, opposite 34
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Xyris gracilis R.Br. var. gracilis legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Xyris gracilis R.Br. subsp. gracilis legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Xyris operculata var. bracteata (R.Br.) Benth. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NSW, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Xyris tasmanica (D.I.Morris) Doust & B.J.Conn legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 69
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Xyris tasmanica (D.I.Morris) Doust & B.J.Conn legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 220
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Xyris marginata Rendle legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 69
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Xyris marginata Rendle legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 220
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Xyris muelleri Malme legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 69
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Xyris muelleri Malme legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 220
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Xyris juncea R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 79