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June 2025

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genus

Eriocaulon L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 87 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000013809.

Statistics

Synonyms of Eriocaulon

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cespa Hill Herb. Brit. 1: 66 (1769) wfo-4000007444
Chaetodiscus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 261 (1855) wfo-4000007511
Dichrolepis Welw. Apont. : 542 (1859) wfo-4000011449
Electrosperma F.Muell. Trans. & Proc. Philos. Inst. Victoria 1: 23 (1855) wfo-4000013162
Lasiolepis Boeckeler Flora 56: 90 (1873) wfo-4000020667
Leucocephala Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 612 (1832) wfo-4000021512
Nasmythia Huds. Fl. Angl. , ed. 2: 414 (1778) wfo-4000025358
Randalia P.Beauv. ex Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 13: 47 (1828) wfo-4000032528
Sphaerochloa P.Beauv. ex Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 13: 47 (1828) wfo-4000035971
Symphachne P.Beauv. ex Desv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 13: 47 (1828) wfo-4000037188
Busseuillia R.Lesson J. Navig. Thétis 2: 348 (1837) wfo-4100002210

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Eriocaulon:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link