Xyris jupicai L.C. Rich. in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 100. 1792 sec. Charles N. Horn & al. 1994
- Lectotype: French Guiana, "Cayenne", Leblond
- =Xyris communis Kunth in Enum. Pl. 4: 12. 1843
- =Xyris surinamensis Miq. in Linnaea 17: 58. 1843
- ≡Xyris arenicola Miq. in Linnaea 18: 75. 1844
- =Xyris guianensis Klotzsch in Rich. Schomburgk, Reis. Br.-Guiana 3: 896. 1849
- =Xyris acuminata Miq. ex Steud. in Syn. Pl. Glumac 2: 284. 1855