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Eriocaulon
Also called Pipeworts
Eriocaulon is a genus of nearly 500 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae, commonly known as pipeworts. Species of Eriocaulon have a wide distribution in the Americas, the British Isles, sub-Saharan Africa, central, east, south, and southeast Asia, Papuasia, Australia, and the Pacific.
The genus is widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group occurring in tropical regions, particularly southern Asia and the Americas. A few species extend to temperate regions, with approximately 10 species in the United States, mostly in the southern states from California to Florida, and only two species in Canada; China has 35 species, also mostly southern. Only one species (E. aquaticum) occurs in Europe, where it is confined to the Atlantic Ocean coasts of Scotland and Ireland; this species also occurs in eastern North America and is thought to be a relatively recent natural colonist in Europe. In the Americas, Eriocaulon is the only genus in its family that occurs north of Florida.
Pipewort · Austral Pipewort · Eriocaulon bolei · Tenangle pipewort · Gulf pipewort · Eriocaulon longipetalum · Blackbract pipewort · Estuary pipewort · Eriocaulon ratnagiricum · Eriocaulon rouxianum · Eriocaulon santapaui · Rough pipewort
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