Family Xyridaceae Agardh 1823 (yellow-eyed grass)

Angiospermae - Poales - Xyridaceae

Parent taxon: Poales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Knowlton 1919 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Bromeliaceae, Clementsiella, Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Thurniaceae, Triticoides, Typhaceae, Vallisnerites, Yorkia

Subtaxa: Xyris

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection)

• Miocene of Germany (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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