Family · Monocots

Xyridaceae

Yellow-eyed grasses

Grass-like herbs of wet, sunny habitats with heads of short-lived yellow flowers.

Accepted species: 410accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 5accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈59 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Xyris
Yellow-eyed grass
Abolboda

Genera

Xyris384 spp.
Abolboda22 spp.
Orectanthe2 spp.
Achlyphila1 spp.
Aratitiyopea1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America280
Africa69
Northern America31
Australasia25
Asia-Tropical19
Asia-Temperate6
Pacific4

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Xyridaceae sits in the order Poales.