Paepalanthus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Eriocaulaceae
- Genus
- Paepalanthus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Paepalanthus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Paepalanthus
Paepalanthus is a genus of plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. The genus is largely restricted to the campos rupestres of the Espinhaço Range and adjacent mountains, with few species in the Serra da Mantiqueira complex, restingas of the coast of Brazil, and a disjunct distribution (Paepalanthus subg. Platycaulon) in the Andean paramo.
In 2023, the most extensive study of the genus was published with molecular analyzes and new morphological data, along with the broadest sampling of inflorescences in the family. Since then, the genus has been recognized as monophyletic with 257 species.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Paepalanthus acantholimon
- Paepalanthus acanthophyllus
- Paepalanthus accrescens
- Paepalanthus aculeatus
- Paepalanthus acuminatus
- Paepalanthus acutipilus
- Paepalanthus aequalis
- Paepalanthus aereus
- Paepalanthus albiceps
- Paepalanthus albidus
- Paepalanthus albotomentosus
- Paepalanthus albovaginatus
- Paepalanthus albovillosus
- Paepalanthus aleurophyllus
- Paepalanthus allemanii
- Paepalanthus almasensis
- Paepalanthus alpestris
- Paepalanthus alpinus
- Paepalanthus alsinoides
- Paepalanthus altamirensis
- Paepalanthus anceps
- Paepalanthus andicola
- Paepalanthus aretioides
- Paepalanthus belizensis
- Paepalanthus bifidus
- Paepalanthus bosseri
- Paepalanthus bromelioides
- Paepalanthus canescens
- Paepalanthus caryonauta
- Paepalanthus cassiae
- Paepalanthus catharinae
- Paepalanthus celsus
- Paepalanthus chiapensis
- Paepalanthus chiquitensis
- Paepalanthus cinereus
- Paepalanthus comans
- Paepalanthus costaricensis
- Paepalanthus crassicaulis
- Paepalanthus decumbens
- Paepalanthus dendroides
- Paepalanthus dichotomus
- Paepalanthus ensifolius
- Paepalanthus fabianeae
- Paepalanthus fasciculatus
- Paepalanthus fluviatilis
- Paepalanthus gentlei
- Paepalanthus itatiaiensis
- Paepalanthus itremensis
- Paepalanthus karstenii
- Paepalanthus lamarckii
- Paepalanthus latifolius
- Paepalanthus lindenii
- Paepalanthus lodiculoides
- Paepalanthus lundii
- Paepalanthus macarenensis
- Paepalanthus melaleucus
- Paepalanthus mellii
- Paepalanthus meridensis
- Paepalanthus muscosus
- Paepalanthus myocephalus
- Paepalanthus nigrescens
- Paepalanthus nigricaulis
- Paepalanthus oligocephalus
- Paepalanthus oyapockensis
- Paepalanthus paramensis
- Paepalanthus perpusillus
- Paepalanthus petraeus
- Paepalanthus pilosus
- Paepalanthus piscatorum
- Paepalanthus planifolius
- Paepalanthus polytrichoides
- Paepalanthus prostratus
- Paepalanthus pseudotortilis
- Paepalanthus pulvinatus
- Paepalanthus repens
- Paepalanthus rupestris
- Paepalanthus schlimii
- Paepalanthus scirpeus
- Paepalanthus speleicola
- Paepalanthus subtilis
- Paepalanthus supinus
- Paepalanthus tortilis
- Paepalanthus vaginans
- Paepalanthus villosulus































































































































































