Background Eriocaulon is a wetland plant genus with important ecological value, and one of
the famous taxonomically challenging groups among angiosperms, mainly due to the high …

Paepalanthus, in its current sense, is the most diverse genus of Eriocaulaceae in the
Neotropics, comprising about 400 species. Previous studies have consistently found that the …

Paepalanthus is a diverse monocot genus with remarkable diversity distributed in the
Neotropical highlands of South America. The genus comprises 410 species arranged in …

We here evaluate the conflicting recent splitter and lumper strategies concerning the generic
classification system of the Eriocaulaceae, and whether Paepalanthus s. str. and its …

Serra do Padre Ângelo, a quartzitic massif in eastern Minas Gerais, Brazil, was nicknamed
“Land of Giants” due to the gigantism observed in some plant species found in its campos …

In this study, we report the plastome of Eriocaulon decemflorum (Eriocaulaceae) and make
an effort to understand the genome evolution, structural rearrangements and gene content of …

Abstract Comanthera and Syngonanthus (Eriocaulaceae) are monocotyledonous herbs that
occur mainly in neotropical savannas in the Guiana Shield and in southeastern Brazil, with a …

Abstract Background and Aims Eriocaulaceae exhibit a great variety of floral traits
associated with insect (eg nectariferous structures) and wind pollination (unisexual flowers …

Eriocaulon parvicephalum, a new species of Eriocaulaceae from Western Ghats of India, is
described and illustrated. The new species is closely allied with E. palghatense but differs in …

Leiothrix differs from other genera of Eriocaulaceae by having pistillate flowers with
nectariferous and stigmatic branches that diverge at different heights on the style and …