Xyridaceae

Xyridaceae
Xyris complanata flower close-up
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Xyridaceae
Genera
Abolboda Achlyphila Aratitiyopea Orectanthe Xyris

Xyridaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by many taxonomists and is known as the Yellow-eyed-grass Family.

The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, of 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots. This treatment in APG II represents a slight change from the APG system, of 1998, which had recognized the family Abolbodaceae for some of the plants included here: that family was unplaced as to order, but was assigned to this same clade (although APG used the spelling "commelinoids").

The family contains almost three hundred species in five genera, but most of the species are found in the genus Xyris (see also Abolboda). The species are mostly tropical and subtropical.

The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognized such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.

The Wettstein system, last update in 1935, placed the family in order Enantioblastae.

Xyris torta or Twisted Yellow-Eyed Grass is on Minnesota's endangered species list.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Xyridaceae

• Xyridaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com
• Xyridaceae in the Flora of North America
• Xyridaceae in the Flora of China
• Xyris in western Australia
• NCBI Taxonomy Browser
• links at CSDL