Botanical Family · Poales
Eriocaulaceae
Pipewort Family
15 speciesOrder Poales8+ well-known plants
The Eriocaulaceae family (Pipewort Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Poales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 15 species. Its members are predominantly herbs. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Ashy Pipewort, Stalkless Pipewort and Buttonhead Pipewort.
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Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceHead
- FruitVariable
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Ashy PipewortEriocaulon cinereumStalkless PipewortEriocaulon epedunculatumButtonhead PipewortEriocaulon heterolepisFragrant PipewortEriocaulon odoratumFive-Angled PipewortEriocaulon quinquangulareMysore PipewortEriocaulon robustobrownianumSpherical PipewortEriocaulon sedgwickiiAmboli PipewortEriocaulon sharmae
All 15 species in ERIOCAULACEAE
- Ashy PipewortEriocaulon cinereum
- Stalkless PipewortEriocaulon epedunculatum
- Buttonhead PipewortEriocaulon heterolepis
- Fragrant PipewortEriocaulon odoratum
- Five-Angled PipewortEriocaulon quinquangulare
- Mysore PipewortEriocaulon robustobrownianum
- Spherical PipewortEriocaulon sedgwickii
- Amboli PipewortEriocaulon sharmae
- Starry PipewortEriocaulon stellulatum
- Dry-Flower PipewortEriocaulon xeranthemum
- Eriocaulon cuspidatum
- Eriocaulon eurypeplon
- Eriocaulon parviflorum
- Eriocaulon stellulatum
- Eriocaulon tuberiferum
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