XYRIDACEAE
Morphological description
Herbs.
Leaves
Leaves distichous, crowded; usually linear.
Inflorescence
Inflorescence.
Flowers
Flowers. bisexual, actinomorphic, 3-merous on stalked heads; ovary superior, 1-celled. Usually petals yellow, stamens 3, epipetalous, staminodes 3, fim-briate, alternipetalous.
Fruit
Fruit a capsule, seeds many.
Seed
Seeds many.
Different from: Eriocaulaceae: flower heads usually grey, flowers unisexual, capsule 1-seeded.
Distribution: A family of two genera, one in South America, the other, Xyris, widespread, mostly in open marshy places.
Notes: notes.
Literature: P. van Royen, Fl. Males. I, 4 (1953) 367-376; B. Hansen, Fl. Males. I, 9 (1982) 571-573.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): Xyris 1, 76.
Illustrations: Fig. 185. Xyris indica L. (Xyridaceae) Reproduced from M.R. Henderson, Malayan wild flowers, Monocotelydens (1954, repr.1974) 192. With kind permission of the Malaysian Nature Society.
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