Lachnocaulon

Lachnocaulon (bogbutton)[1] 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).[2][3][4][5]

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

Lachnocaulon
Rabbit in front of bog buttons. Pineweed in foreground.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Eriocaulaceae
Genus: Lachnocaulon
Kunth

References
  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Lachnocaulon". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Flora of North America, Vol. 22, Lachnocaulon Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 497. 1841.
  4. Biiota of North America County Distribution maps
  5. Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.


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