Robinson, 1908 Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell, 1946 N Portulacaceae Portulaca pilosa L., 1753 N Rubiaceae Diodia virginiana L., 1753 N Richardia brasiliensis Gomes, 1801 Spermacoce remota Lamarck, 1792 N Tetrachondraceae Polypremum procumbens L., 1753 N Verbenaceae Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene, 1899 N Verbena brasiliensis Vellozo, 1829 Verbena officinalis halei Barber, 1982 N Verbena scabra Vahl, 1798 N
Xyridaceae Xyris ambigua Beyrich ex Kunth, 1843 N The species authorities and the native classification (N = native to Florida) are cited in Wunderlin & Hansen (2008).
Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Velloziaceae,
Xyridaceae and Eriocaulaceae are quite common in the region (Giulietti et al., 2000) and all form rosettes.
Batis maritima and Portulaca oleracea) and Cyperaceae and
Xyridaceae species, and, in some areas, remnant mangrove species can be also found (Vieillefon 1969; Nascimento 1993; LABOMAR/SEMACE 2005; Meireles 2005).
smalliana (
Xyridaceae) (Calderon de Rzedowski, en prensa).
EEB 19970041 AF205878
Xyridaceae Xyris laxifolia var.
Growth forms included graminoids (Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Hypoxidaceae,
Xyridaceae) with grass-like foliage, forbs (herbs with broad leaves), woody vines, and shrubs.
Eriocaulaceae, Velloziaceae, and
Xyridaceae are exceptionally species-rich in the CRs (Harley, 1995; Giulietti and Pirani, 1988).
In
Xyridaceae the calyx is monosymmetric in Abolboda and Xyris, the corolla is bilabiate in Orectanthe, and the ovary is dorsiventrally compressed in Aratitiyopea (Kral, 1998).
Broad-leaved meadows are dominated by
Xyridaceae, Rapateaceae, and Eriocaulaceae, being Stegolepis ptaritapuiense (Rapateaceae) the most frequent species.