Eriocauloideae (Subfamily)

Overview

Taxonomy

The Subfamily Eriocauloideae is a member of the Family Eriocaulaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Eriocauloideae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Commelinidae Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Commelinanae Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Poales Small, 1903
        Family: Eriocaulaceae (er-ee-oh-KAW-lon) Richard, 1811 ex Martinov, 1820, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Eriocauloideae

The Subfamily Eriocauloideae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genus (1): Eriocaulon
Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 968 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subfamily Eriocauloideae.

Genera

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Eriocaulon

Eriocaulon (pipewort) is a genus of about 400 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical regions, particularly southern Asia and the Americas. A few species extend to temperate regions, with e.g. 10 species in the United States, mostly in the southern states from California to Florida, and only two species in Canada; China has 35 species, also mostly southern. Only one species (E. aquaticum) occurs in Europe, where it is confined to the Atlantic Ocean coasts of Scotland and Ireland; this species also occurs in eastern North America and is thought to be a relatively recent natural colonist in Europe. In the Americas, Eriocaulon is the only genus in its family that occurs north of Florida. They tend to be associated with wet soils, many growing in shallow water. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek e????, erion, meaning 'wool', and ?a????, caulos, meaning 'stalk'. [more]

At least 968 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Eriocaulon.

More info about the Genus Eriocaulon may be found here.

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