{{Short description|Species of yelloweyed grass}} {{speciesbox |image = Xyris jupicai Rich. (8144625964).jpg |status = |status_system = |genus = Xyris |species = jupicai |authority = Rich. 1792 not ''Xyris jupicae'' Michx. 1803<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Xyris&find_species=jupicai&find_rankToReturn=spec The International Plant Names Index]</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-272773 The Plant List, ''Xyris jupicai'' Rich. ]</ref> |synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true |''Xyris acuminata'' <small>Miq. ex Steud.</small> |''Xyris anceps'' <small>Pers. 1805 not Lam. 1791</small> |''Xyris arenicola'' <small>Miq.</small> |''Xyris communis'' <small>Kunth</small> |''Xyris gymnoptera'' <small>Griseb.</small> |''Xyris jupicae'' <small>Michx.</small> |''Xyris jupicai'' var. ''brachylepis'' <small>Malme</small> |''Xyris jupicai'' var. ''humilis'' <small>(Kunth) Malme</small> |''Xyris laxifolia'' var. ''minor'' <small>Mart.</small> |''Xyris laxifolia'' var. ''sellowiana'' <small>(Kunth) Seub.</small> |''Xyris macrocephala'' <small>Vahl</small> |''Xyris macrocephala'' f. ''minor'' <small>(Mart.) Malme</small> |''Xyris macrocephala'' var. ''minor'' <small>(Mart.) L.A.Nilsson</small> |''Xyris macrocephala'' f. ''minor'' <small>(Mart.) M. Kuhlm. & Kuhn</small> |''Xyris partita'' <small>Chapm. ex Ries</small> |''Xyris sellowiana'' <small>Kunth</small> |''Xyris sellowiana'' f. ''humilis'' <small>Kunth</small> |''Xyris surinamensis'' <small>Miq. 1843 not Spreng. 1828</small> }} }}
'''''Xyris jupicai''''', common name '''Richard's yelloweyed grass''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=XYJU|taxon=Xyris jupicai|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> is a New World species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is widespread in North America, South America, Mesoamerica, and the West Indies.<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Xyris%20jupicai.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref><ref name=tammy/><ref>Hammel, B. E. 2003. Xyridaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. III. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 93: 843–845</ref><ref>Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1958. Xyridaceae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part I. Fieldiana, Botany 24(1): 370–373</ref><ref>Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden . 127(1–2): i–viii, 1–1744</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125618#page/3/mode/1up Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584]</ref>
''Xyris jupicai'' is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with grass-like leaves up to 60 cm (2 feet) long, and yellow flowers.<ref name=tammy>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000471 Flora of North America, ''Xyris jupicai'' Richard 1972]</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100342283 Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in 1982 in State of Paraná in Brazil]
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jupicai Category:Plants described in 1792 Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Flora of Central America Category:Flora of the Caribbean Category:Flora of Texas Category:Flora of Oklahoma Category:Flora of New Jersey
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