Eriocaulon L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is NW. Europe, Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Russian Far East, America.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Great Britain, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Italy

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.13359. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • Stützel, T., Trovó, M., Echternacht, L., Coan, A.I., de Lima Silva, A., Watanabe, M.T.C. & Hensold, N. (2024). In support of a broad concept of Paepalanthus (Eriocaulaceae). Taxon 73: 1117-1129.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 231
  • Ruhland in Engl., Pflanzenr. Eriocaulac. 30 (1903).
  • Sp. Pl. 87 (1753)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • H. Hess in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 65: 123–178 (1955)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 38 (1754)
  • Meikle in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 3: 57–64 (1968)
  • N.E. Br. in F.T.A. 8: 231–259 (1901)
  • Oberm. in F.S.A. 4(2): 9–19 (1985)
  • Ruhland in E.P. 4, 30: 30–117 (1903)
  • Sp. Pl.: 87 (1753)

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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