Xyris bracteicaulis E.P. Bicknell ex L.M. Campbell. Common name: Bracted Yellow-eyed Grass. Habitat: Coastal Plain pond-shore. Distribution: Apparently endemic to Long Island, NY (where extirpated).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Campbell (2011) for detailed information. The taxonomic validity of this species needs additional evaluation; it may represent a teratologic variant of another Xyris species; however, it is has not been collected nor seen in the wild since 1908.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Campbell (2011); = n/a — FNA22. Basionym: Xyris bracteicaulis E.P.Bicknell ex L.M.Campb. 2011
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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