Lachnocaulon

Lachnocaulon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Eriocaulaceae
Genus: Lachnocaulon
Kunth

Lachnocaulon is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae. It contains 7 known species, native to Cuba and to the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia).[1][2][3][4]

  1. Lachnocaulon anceps (Walter) Morong - from Texas to Virginia; Isla de la Juventud in Cuba
  2. Lachnocaulon beyrichianum Sporl. ex Körn - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina
  3. †Lachnocaulon cubense Ruhland - Cuba, apparently extinct
  4. Lachnocaulon digynum Körn - from eastern Texas to the Florida Panhandle
  5. Lachnocaulon ekmanii Ruhland - Cuba
  6. Lachnocaulon engleri Ruhland - Florida, southern Alabama
  7. Lachnocaulon minus (Chapm.) Small - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North and South Carolina

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 22, Lachnocaulon Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 497. 1841.
  3. ↑ Biiota of North America County Distribution maps
  4. ↑ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.