Comanthera is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae. It is native to tropical South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The name was first published in 1937Smith, Lyman Bradford. 1937. A new genus of Eriocaulaceae. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 117: 38-39. with one species (C. linderi, now called C. kegeliana). More recent authors Parra, L.R., Giulietti, A.M., Gomes de Andrade, M.J. & van den Berg, C. (2010). Reestablishment and new circumscription of Comanthera (Eriocaulaceae). Taxon 59: 1135-1146. reexamined the group and concluded that several other species should be transferred into Comanthera.
Species 39 species are accepted. Comanthera aciphylla (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Minas Gerais Comanthera angustifolia – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Guyana and southern Venezuela Comanthera xeranthemoides (Bong.) L.R.Parra & Giul. – Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Brazil
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