Paepalanthus lamarckii Kunth

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett, et al. 1953. The Botany of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8 (2): 87-160.

• Family

  Eriocaulaceae

• Scientific Name

  Paepalanthus lamarckii Kunth

• Description

  Species Description - Heads grayish-white.

• Discussion

  Distribution and Ecology: occasional on moss-covered boulders, rapids above Playa Alta, Rio Cunucunuma, Rio Orinoco, Maguire, Cowan, & Wurdack 29499. This species has the widest and most amazing distribution of any member of the family, having been collected in British Honduras, Panama (Code), Cuba (Pinar del Rio), Hispaniola, Isla de Pinos, Trinidad, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar, Falcon, and Monagas), British Guiana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil (Amazonas, Ceara, Goyaz, Maranhao, Para, Pernambuco, and Piauhy), and Marajo Island; also in French Guinea, Sierra Leone, French Fquatorial Africa (Gabun), Tanganyika Territory, and Madagascar!