Eriophorum
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| Eriophorum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Eriophorum L. |
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Eriophorum (cottongrass, cotton-grass or cottonsedge) is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, the sedge family. They are found throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere in acid bog habitats, being particularly abundant in Arctic tundra regions.[2][3]
They are herbaceous perennial plants with slender, grass-like leaves. The seed heads are covered in a fluffy mass of cotton which are carried on the wind to aid dispersal. In cold Arctic regions, these masses of translucent fibres also serve as 'down' – increasing the temperature of the reproductive organs during the Arctic summer by trapping solar radiation.[4]
Selected species
The following species are included:[1]
- Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
- Eriophorum × beringianum Raymond
- Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
- Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A.Mey.
- Eriophorum chamissonis C.A.Mey.
- Eriophorum crinigerum (A.Gray) Beetle
- Eriophorum × fellowsii (Fernald) M.S.Novos.
- Eriophorum gracile Koch
- Eriophorum × gracilifolium M.S.Novos.
- Eriophorum humile Turcz.
- Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe
- Eriophorum × medium Andersson
- Eriophorum × polystachiovaginatum Beauverd
- Eriophorum × pylaieanum Raymond
- Eriophorum × rousseauianum Raymond
- Eriophorum scabriculme (Beetle) Raymond
- Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe
- Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.
- Eriophorum tolmatchevii M.S.Novos.
- Eriophorum transiens Raymond
- Eriophorum vaginatum L.
- Eriophorum virginicum L.
- Eriophorum viridicarinatum (Engelm.) Fernald
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eriophorum L., Sp. Pl.: 52 (1753)". eMonocot. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ↑ Ball, Peter W. & Daniel E. Wujek (2002). Eriophorum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 52. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 27. 1754. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. "Cyperaceae". Flora of North America North of Mexico 23 (Oxford University Press). pp. 21–27. ISBN 978-0-19-515207-4.
- ↑ Flora Europaea: Eriophorum
- ↑ Crawford, R. M. M. (1989). Studies in Plant Survival. Blackwell Science. pp. 54–55.
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