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Xyris obscura  Kral
Taxonomic Serial No.: 817978

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s):    
  Accepted Name(s): Xyris stricta var. obscura Kral
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: not accepted - invalidly published, nomen nudum   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Source: Xyridaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Xyris obscura   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kral, Robert  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Revised Taxonomy for Two North American Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) and for Two North American Xyris (Xyridaceae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Novon, vol. 9, no. 2   
  Page(s): 205-219   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-3177   
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  Reference for: Xyris obscura   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kral, Robert / Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.)  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: Xyridaceae C. A. Agardh: Yellow-eyed-grass Family   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae, Arecidae, Commelinidae (in part), and Zingiberidae   
  Page(s): 154-167   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-513729-9   
  Notes: The volumes are also reproduced online (http://www.fna.org/)   
  Reference for: Xyris obscura   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: R. Kral (1999) states that he '... began using the herbarium name "X. obscura" with colleagues and assigned this nomen nudum to material sent to me for identification. Concomitantly, two other biologists published this plant as X. Iouisianica Bridges & Orzell (1987).'  
 

 

    

 
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