Xyris macrocephala Vahl

No.11359
Family: XYRIDACEAE
Xyris laxifolia Mart. var. laxifolia
det. R. Krai 1985
Estado Bolivar: Represa Guri, 30 to Uo
km east of Ciudad Piar by winding road.
Savannas with patches of forest and
morichales (streams with Mauritia flexuosa')
300 to 370 m alt. ca 7°30T^i63uio1W ' "
near stream, flowers yellow
R. Liesner and A. Gonzalez 7-8 Apr. 198l
Distributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Instituto
Botánico (Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales
Renovables). Field work supported by NSF (United States) and
CONICIT (Venezuela).
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