Paepalanthus
| Paepalanthus | |
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| Paepalanthus chiquitensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Paepalanthus Mart. |
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| Paepalanthus distribution | |
| 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]
Selected species
- Paepalanthus bromelioides Silveira
- Paepalanthus celsus Tissot-Sq.
References
- ^ a b 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.
See also
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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