Pipeworts
Eriocaulaceae
The Eriocaulaceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the order Poales, commonly known as the pipewort family. The family is large, with about 1207 known species described in seven genera. They are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical regions, particularly the Americas. Very few species extend to temperate regions, with only 16 species in the United States, mostly in the southern states from California to Florida, only...
10 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pipeworts
genusEriocaulon
Paepalanthus
genusPaepalanthus
hatpins
genusSyngonanthus
Actinocephalus
genusActinocephalus
bogbuttons
genusLachnocaulon
Comanthera
genusComanthera
Leiothrix
genusLeiothrix
Mesanthemum
genusMesanthemum
Rondonanthus
genusRondonanthus
Monosperma
genusMonosperma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62374.