Eriocaulaceae Martinov. Common name: Pipewort Family.
A family of about 18 genera and 1100 species, of tropical and warm temperate regions (few in cold temperate regions), especially America, and most diverse in n. South America. We follow Andrino et al. (2023) in generic circumscriptions and their creation of an excellent generic system based on molecular evidence and morphology, providing a well-executed taxonomic alternative to "proposals of merging Actinocephalus, Lachnocaulon and Tonina within Paepalanthus …., made by non-Eriocaulaceae experts who are probably unfamiliar with the main morphological features used to distinguish taxonomic entities within the family, would result in a poorly defined, morphologically miscellaneous group lacking diagnosability" (Andrino et al. 2023). Relative to our regional flora this has the effect of retaining Lachnocaulon as a genus separate from a morphologically heterogeneous Paepalanthus. This approach was argued against by Stützel et al. (2024).
References: Andrino et al. (2021); Andrino et al. (2023); Kral (1966c); Kral (2000b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Stützel (1998) In Kubitzki (1998b); Stützel et al. (2024). Show full citations.
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© Bruce A. Sorrie | Eriocaulon | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Eriocaulon | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Lachnocaulon minus | Original Image ⭷
© Jay Horn | Syngonanthus flavidulus source | Original Image ⭷
© Scott Ward | Eriocaulon compressum | Original Image ⭷
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