Comanthera

Comanthera is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae. It is endemic to tropical South America.[1]

Comanthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Eriocaulaceae
Genus: Comanthera
L.B.Sm.

The name was first published in 1937[2] with one species (C. linderi, now called C. kegeliana).[1] More recent authors [3] reexamined the group and concluded that several other species should be transferred into Comanthera.

  1. Comanthera aciphylla (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. - Minas Gerais
  2. Comanthera aurifibrata (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul. - Brazil, Colombia
  3. Comanthera bahiensis (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul. - Morro do Chapéu in Bahia
  4. Comanthera bisulcata (Körn.) L.R.Parra & Giul. - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás
  5. Comanthera brasiliana (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  6. Comanthera brunnea Echtern. - Minas Gerais
  7. Comanthera caespitosa (Wikstr.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  8. Comanthera centauroides (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Pará, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso
  9. Comanthera chrysolepis (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  10. Comanthera ciliata (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  11. Comanthera cipoensis (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul - Serra do Cipó in Minas Gerais
  12. Comanthera circinnata (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Serra do Cipó in Minas Gerais
  13. Comanthera curralensis (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  14. Comanthera dealbata (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  15. Comanthera elegans (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  16. Comanthera elegantula (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  17. Comanthera euschemus (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul - Pará, Goiás
  18. Comanthera flexuosa (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  19. Comanthera floccosa (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  20. Comanthera giuliettiae L.R.Parra - Bahia
  21. Comanthera glabra (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  22. Comanthera harleyi (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  23. Comanthera hatschbachii (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  24. Comanthera imbricata (Körn.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  25. Comanthera jenmanii (Gleason) L.R.Parra & Giul - Guyana, Venezuela
  26. Comanthera kegeliana (Körn.) Moldenke - Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil
  27. Comanthera lanosa L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  28. Comanthera linearis (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  29. Comanthera magnifica (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  30. Comanthera mucugensis (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  31. Comanthera nitida (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
  32. Comanthera nivea (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul - southeastern Brazil
  33. Comanthera paepalophylla (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia, Minas Gerais
  34. Comanthera reflexa (Gleason) L.R.Parra & Giul - - Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
  35. Comanthera retroflexa L.R.Parra & Giul - Bahia
  36. Comanthera rupprechtiana (Körn.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  37. Comanthera squarrosa (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  38. Comanthera suberosa (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  39. Comanthera vernonioides (Kunth) L.R.Parra & Giul - eastern Brazil
  40. Comanthera xantholepis (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul - Minas Gerais
  41. Comanthera xeranthemoides (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul - Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Brazil

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Smith, Lyman Bradford. 1937. A new genus of Eriocaulaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 117: 38-39.
  3. Parra, L.R., Giulietti, A.M., Gomes de Andrade, M.J. & van den Berg, C. (2010). Reestablishment and new circumscription of Comanthera (Eriocaulaceae). Taxon 59: 1135-1146.
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