| Name | Xyris aurea L. B. Smith & Downs |
| Authorship | L. B. Smith & Downs |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Xyris Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:871344-1 |
| Citation | 1966 Arq. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo n.s. 4(2): 26 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Xyris aurea L. B. Smith & Downs |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |