Xyris capensis Thunb. (Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, Brazil: Angola, Assam, Botswana, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO)
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BSI Flora of India Checklist (Distribution):
| Name | Distribution |
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| Xyris capensis | Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu |
| Xyris complanata | Kerala |
| Xyris coronata | Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal |
| Xyris indica | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal |
| Xyris pauciflora | Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu |
| Xyris wallichii | Meghalaya |
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Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):
Xyris capensis var. schoenoides (Mart.) Nilsson (1800-2700 m; Himalaya (Nepal to Assam), India, Ceylon, W. China, Malaysia) (syn. of Xyris capensis var. capensis as per POWO and CoL;
Xyris pauciflora Willd. (200-1000 m; Nepal, Bengal, Ceylon, Burma, China, Malaysia, Australia)
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Some species found in Indian Subcontinent with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]:
Xyris capensis var. schoenoides (Martius) Nilsson [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, South America] (syn. of Xyris capensis var. capensis as per POWO and CoL;
Xyris complanata R. Brown [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia].
Xyris indica Linnaeus [Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia].
Xyris pauciflora Willdenow [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia].