Xyris paraensis var. paraensis
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Description
Ranging lower, rarely over 20 cm, usually more slender than the preceding, extremes with filiform leaf blades. Spikes broadly ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, mostly under 1 cm, flowers several to many. Lateral sepals viewed from side elliptic, blunt, keel wide, mostly long-ciliate.
Distribution
Amazonia present, Belize present, Bolivar present, French Guiana present, SE Venezuela present, Southern America: Brazil North (Pará present); Brazil Northeast (Ceará present, Pernambuco present), Terr. Roraima present
Rare in Bolivar, SE Venezuela, increasingly abundant E to French Guiana; in Brazil mostly in Amazonia from Ceara and Pernambuco W to Terr. Roraima and Para (where most abundant); Belize.
Notes
Both varieties of X. paraensis in the Guianas, but particularly the type variety, are often confused with a common associate, X. savanensis . However, the former has smooth leaf and scape surfaces, broader dorsal areas, bearded staminodes and longer, narrower, conspicuously acuminate seeds, while X. savanensis in the same region has rugulose, papillose- scabrid scapes and foliage, has narrower dorsal areas, beardless, reduced staminodes, and shorter, plumper seeds with truncate and apiculate tip.