Xiphochaeta aquatica explained

Xiphochaeta is a genus of South American plants in the tribe Vernonieae^[1] within the family Asteraceae.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

SpeciesThe only known species is Xiphochaeta aquatica, native to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://sterlingkeeley.wordpress.com/vernonieae/ Dr. Sterling C. Keeley, University of Hawai`i, Vernonieae- The Evil Tribe
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2898508#page/47/mode/1up Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1843. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica :annis MDCCCXXVII ad MDCCCXXXII 3: 44-45
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2898508#page/47/mode/1up Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich. 1843. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica :annis MDCCCXXVII ad MDCCCXXXII 3: plate CCL (250)
4. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40027467 Tropicos, Xiphochaeta Poepp.
5. Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 89: i–iii, 1–116
6. Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584