Xyris jupicai, common name Richard's yelloweyed grass, 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.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapHammel, 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: 843–845Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1958. Xyridaceae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala - Part I. Fieldiana, Botany 24(1): 370–373Jørgensen, 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, 1–1744Funk, 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
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.Flora of North America, Xyris jupicai Richard 1972
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in 1982 in State of Paraná in Brazil