The pantropical family Eriocaulaceae includes ten genera and c. 1,400 species, with
diversity concentrated in the New World. The last complete revision of the family was …

Subfamily Paepalanthoideae encompass the largest generic diversity in Eriocaulaceae. In
the present study, the main goals were to infer the phylogeny of this subfamily focusing on …

The Eriocaulaceae are easily recognized because of the small unisexual flowers in long–
pedunculate heads and spiraperturate pollen grains. Their monophyly has never been …

Previous morphological and molecular studies indicate that Syngonanthus is polyphyletic.
Syngonanthus sect. Syngonanthus and S. sect. Carphocephalus as well as Philodice cluster …

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

The genus concept within Eriocaulaceae is widely discussed because it is mainly based on
a small number of floral characteristics of unknown functional and evolutionary significance …

Philodice hoffmannseggii and P. cuyabensis, the only species in this genus, are here
recognized as a single species and transferred to the genus Syngonanthus as S …

Abstract Paepalanthus subgenus Xeractis (Eriocaulaceae) comprises 28 recognized
species endemic to the Espinhaço Range, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Most species of the …

Paepalanthus subgen. Psilandra comprises two species known only from the type
collections. The aim of this study is to evaluate their unique floral morphology within a given …

Esta tese consta de três capítulos nos quais são abordados questões relacionadas à
sistemática de Syngonanthus (Eriocaulaceae). No primeiro capítulo são apresentadas …