Comanthera
Genus of flowering plants
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Comanthera is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae. It is native to tropical South America.[1]
| Comanthera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Comanthera L.B.Sm. |
The name was first published in 1937[2] with one species (C. linderi, now called C. kegeliana).[1] More recent authors [3] reexamined the group and concluded that several other species should be transferred into Comanthera.
Species
39 species are accepted.[4]
- Comanthera aciphylla (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera angustifolia (Moldenke) Echtern. – Venezuela (Amazonas)
- Comanthera aurifibrata (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Brazil, Colombia
- Comanthera bahiensis (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Morro do Chapéu in Bahia
- Comanthera bisulcata (Körn.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás
- Comanthera borbae A.C.S.Pereira & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera brasiliana (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera brunnea Echtern. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera caespitosa (Wikstr.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera centauroides (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Pará, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso
- Comanthera cipoensis (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Serra do Cipó in Minas Gerais
- Comanthera circinnata (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Serra do Cipó in Minas Gerais
- Comanthera curralensis (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera dealbata (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera elegans (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera elegantula (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera euschemus (Ruhland) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Pará, Goiás
- Comanthera floccosa (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera gandarela Echtern. & R.Ramos – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera giuliettiae L.R.Parra – Bahia
- Comanthera harleyi (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera hatschbachii (Moldenke) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera imbricata (Körn.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera jenmanii (Gleason) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Guyana, Venezuela
- Comanthera kegeliana (Körn.) Moldenke – Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil
- Comanthera lanosa L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera magnifica (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera mucugensis (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera nitida (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
- Comanthera nivea (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – southeastern Brazil
- Comanthera paepalophylla (Silveira) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia, Minas Gerais
- Comanthera pignalii Echtern. – Bahia
- Comanthera reflexa (Gleason) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
- Comanthera retroflexa L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bahia
- Comanthera rupprechtiana (Körn.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera suberosa (Giul.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais
- Comanthera tricostata (Gleason) Echtern. – Guyana and southern Venezuela
- Comanthera xeranthemoides (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Brazil