| Paepalanthus | |
|---|---|
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| Paepalanthus chiquitensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Paepalanthus Mart. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Paepalanthus is a genus of plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. It has about 300-400 species, native mostly to tropical Africa and Latin America, with a few species in Japan and Madagascar.[1][2][3]
Studies have found that the genus is not monophyletic, and a new classification was proposed in 2023, in which 257 species of Paepalanthus are recognised and the rest are placed in six new genera (Coracoralina, Floralia, Giuliettia, Gnomus, Hydriade and Nisius).[4]
Selected species
- Paepalanthus bromelioides Silveira
- Paepalanthus celsus Tissot-Sq.
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ↑ Trovó, M. & Takeo Sano, P. (2010). Taxonomic survey of Paepalanthus section Diphyomene (Eriocaulaceae). Phytotaxa 14: 49-55.
- ↑ Andrino, Caroline Oliveira; Costa, Fabiane Nepomuceno; Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni; Missagia, Rafaela Velloso; Sano, Paulo Takeo (2023). "Eriocaulaceae: A new classification system based on morphological evolution and molecular evidence". Taxon. 72 (3): 515–549. doi:10.1002/tax.12915. ISSN 0040-0262. S2CID 258195228.
Further reading
- Marcio Cabral (9 February 2018). "Winning photos from the International Garden Photographer of the Year 2018, overall winner Cerrado Sunrise, a landscape of Paepalanthus chiquitensis in the Cerrado, Brazil". BBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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