Xyris spruceana Malme
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett & Wurdack, John J. 1964. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part V. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: 1-278.
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Family
Xyridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Occasional in moist sandy places, chiefly savannas, at alt. 100- 300 m ; drainage of the upper Rio Negro and its tributaries in Amazonian Venezuela and Colombia, viz., the Casiquiari, Guainia, Apaporis, Içana, and Vaupes.
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Discussion
Type. Ad fluv. Guainia v Rio Negro supra ostium fluvensis Casiquiari, in 1854, Spruce 2993 (isotype NY).
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Distribution
Distribution. Occasional in moist sandy places, chiefly savannas, at alt. 100- 300 m ; drainage of the upper Rio Negro and its tributaries in Amazonian Venezuela and Colombia, viz., the Casiquiari, Guainia, Apaporis, Içana, and Vaupes.
Venezuela South America| Colombia South America|