taxonID	type	description	language	source
9B7087B1FF82FFEC0CAF9BD7CF1AFD3E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Paepalanthus canastrensis differs from P. versatilis by the brown to dark brown external involucral bracts, at least one third shorter than the capitulum high (× stramineous to light brown, as long as the capitulum or almost its high) and by the remnants of vascular bundles deciduous or absent in straw fibers (× persistent, castaneous fibers). From P. aulociliatus, it differs by the non-ciliated staminate flower tube (× ciliated), internal involucral bracts ovate (× orbiculate) and by the linear to lanceolate leaves (× narrow-triangular).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF82FFEC0CAF9BD7CF1AFD3E.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: In campis arenosis siceisque in Serra da Canastra. April 1925, A. A. Silveira 745 (Lectotype designated here: R barcode R 000139231 a!, isotype R barcode R 000139231!). Perennial herb, 11.5 – 38.6 cm high, habit in rosette, stem vertical, internodes shorter than 0.5 cm, remnants of vascular bundles deciduous or absent in straw fibers. Leaves 8.2 – 31.7 × 0.4 – 2.3 cm, spirallate, flat, linear to lanceolate, leathering, with or without superficial wax, glabrous; apex cuspidate, acute to attenuate, glabrous below the hydathodes area; margins ciliated with long deciduous cilia; leaf base with a paler color, membrane absent. Spathe membranaceous, almost transparent to green, very short and inconspicuous with 0.5 – 1 cm long, ciliated, truncate. Scapes 8 – 37.8 cm long, glabrous to scarcely pilose, branched, grouping free capitula. External involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, at least one third shorter than the internal involucral bracts, dorsally glabrous to pilose with a dense to scarcely persistent indumentum, obtuse to acute, brown to dark brown. Internal involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, dorsally glabrous to pilose with a dense or scarcely persistent indumentum, obtuse to acute, brown to dark brown. Flowers trimerous. Staminate flower 2 – 4 mm long; floral bracts 2 – 4 mm long, lanceolate to ovate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse to acute; sepals 1.2 – 4 mm long, obovate, connate until the middle or up the basal one third, obtuse to acute; floral tube not ciliated, hyaline. Pistillate flower 1.8 – 4.5 mm long, pedicellate; floral bracts 1.7 – 4.5 mm long, lanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse to acute; sepals 2 – 4.5 mm long, oblanceolate, connate at the base, obtuse to acute; petals of pistillate flowers 1.1 – 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate to obovate, obtuse to acute; gynoecium with nectariferous branches shorter than the stigmatic branches. Fruit loculicidal capsule. Seeds 1.5 – 1.6 mm, reddish brown, tegument forming white appendages after hydration. Habitat, distribution and conservation: — Paepalanthus canastrensis has the widest distribution among the species evaluated, sympatric to most of them, occurring in the Chapadão do Diamante and Chapadão do Zagaia, with some records in the Serra do Cemitério and Serra da Canastra (Figs. 2, 5). Recent field expeditions were able to record the species outside of the Serra da Canastra region, in the adjacent mountain Serra da Pimenta, expanding the distribution of the species, which until then was considered endemic to this region. The species inhabits sandy dry soil to temporarily wet organic soils. The main threat observed for P. canastrensis is the fire (Fig. 15), which mainly affects the survival of young individuals. It is a constant threat factor, which can fluctuate with greater or lesser intensity in different regions, with a low average recurrence of fires in populations. Some already inactive quartzite mining degradation processes can occasionally be found in the region. Paepalanthus canastrensis has an AOO of 104 km 2 and EOO of 1,904 km 2 (Fig. 14), which indicates a conservation status of Endangered (EN), according to the criteria B 1 ab (iii) + 2 ab (iii).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF82FFEC0CAF9BD7CF1AFD3E.taxon	description	Morphologic comments: — Silveira (1928 a) has described two P. subg. Platycaulon species from Serra da Canastra, P. canastrensis and P. gustavii Silveira (1928 a: 227). Analysis of the type materials of these species shows that the most significant difference between them is the pilosity in the involucral bracts. Silveira (1928 a) mentioned this difference. The involucral bracts of P. gustavii were described as pubescent and becoming glabrous (dorso pubescents demum glabrescentes), while in P. canastrensis, they all are externally pubescent (omnes extus pubescentes). In addition, the type of P. canastrensis is a more robust plant than the type of P. gustavii. However, due the lack of more distinctive evidence, P. gustavii was considered a synonym of P. canastrensis (Tissot-Squalli 1997 a, 1997 b). Recent field expeditions to the Serra da Canastra were able to register specimens from the same population at different times. They revealed plants with involucral bracts densely pilose to scarcely pilose after and during the dry season (Figs. 3 h-j; 4 b, c, o, p, b’, c’, o’, p’). This particularity was observed in the Serra Brava Mountain (Fig. 2 d), one of the many mountains in the Serra da Canastra, where the same population englobes these two conditions of pilosity on the involucral bracts. Neighbor populations of Serra Brava show mainly scarcely pilose involucral bracts to plants which are almost glabrous. We concluded these differences in pilosity as a morphologic variation of the same species. The Serra Brava has dry sandy soil, which does not accumulate water during the rainy season. As for the neighboring populations, the substrate has an organic composition and water-holding capacity (Fig. 2 c). Álvaro da Silveira mentioned both the dry and humid conditions for P. canastrensis. In the herbarium, the habitat description points to a dry substrate (in campis arenosis siceisque), whereas in Floralia Mountium (Silveira 1928 a) it is described as humid (in campis arenosis humidisque). The Serra da Canastra covers a wide range of environments (Fig. 2) and it is possible that Álvaro da Silveira observed the species in both conditions. Thus, the variation in trichome density may be linked to a natural strategy to reduce dehydration and reflect the ultraviolet irradiation (Karabourniotis 2020; Wang et al. 2021). The width variation of leaves in P. canastrensis is also quite significant. The variation ranges from leaves as narrow as 0.5 cm, linear in shape (Fig. 3 b), to lanceolate measuring over 2 cm (Fig. 3 c, d). Most of the records of the linear morphotype lack original coordinates, but based on the habitat and locality descriptions in the herbaria, we suspect that these plants are restrict to the Chapadão do Diamante, whereas the lanceolate morphotype are distributed throughout the Serra da Canastra. Apart from the differences in leaf shape and width, the linear morphotype exhibits glabrous involucral bracts (Fig. 4 a-c) and fewer capitula per scape compared to the lanceolate morphotype (Fig. 3 h), while both pistillate and staminate flowers remain identical (Fig. 4).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF82FFEC0CAF9BD7CF1AFD3E.taxon	materials_examined	Nomenclatural notes: — The examined material indicated by Silveira (1928) consists of two sheets and a photograph. Álvaro da Silveira had a different system for storing his collection, where all the specimens under the same label were kept together in an envelope with a single label (Lazzari 2000). During the process of incorporation into Museum Nacional Herbarium (R), the photographed specimen apparently did not receive the original label, but rather a photocopied one. Here, we designate the material in better conservation (R barcode R 000139231 a) as the lectotype in a second step of lectotypification, as it is not possible to definitively recognize the specimen photographed by Silveira. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, estrada para Sacramento, próximo a muro de pedra ao lado direito da estrada e a manilha de água, 30 March 2013, L. M. Borges 1039 et al. (SPF, RB); Morro ca. 2 km da sede administrativa, 20 º 15 ’ 36 ’’ S 46 º 25 ’ 26 ’’ W, elev. 1342 m, 23 June 2001, N. M. Castro 17 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Serra Brava, 1480 m, 02 October 1999, F. N. Costa 121 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Nascente do rio São Francisco, 20 November 2002, F. C. Duarte 104 et al. (HUFU image); Estrada São Roque-Sacramento, campo limpo após Curral de Pedras, 22 November 1998, M. A. Farinaccio 201 A et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada entre São Roque e a nascente do Rio São Francisco, 20 º 15 ’ 03 ’’ S 46 º 26 ’ 05 ’’ W, 31 May 2014, M. S. Freitas 31 et al. (HUFU image); Percurso entre a Portaria 2 [São João Batista da Canastra] e a nascente do Rio São Francisco, próximo à parte alta da Casca d’Anta, 20 º 16 ’ 49 ’’ S 46 º 31 ’ 16 ’’ W, elev. 1353 m, 29 May 2014, L. Echternacht 2473 et al. (HUFU image); Estrada para Sacramento, próximo ao vale da nascente do rio São Francisco, 17 April 1994, J. N. Nakajima 274 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 2 km da sede administrativa, estrada para Sacramento, 15 October 1994, J. N. Nakajima 517 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Estrada para Sacramento, morro após o vale do rio São Francisco, 18 March 1995, J. N. Nakajima 802 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Colina próxima à sede, lado esquerdo da estrada, 20 February 1994, R. Romero 629 & J. N. Nakajima (HUFU image); Estrada para cachoeira Casca d’Anta, 24 February 1994, R. Romero 728 & J. N. Nakajima (SPF, HUFU image); Primeiro morro próximo à sede, 26 June 1994, R. Romero 1020 & J. N. Nakajima (HUFU image); 19 km da sede administrativa, estrada São Roque-Sacramento, 28 June 1994, R. Romero 1071 & J. N. Nakajima (SPF, HUFU image); 1 km após torre de observação, estrada para Sacramento, 23 Aug 1994, R. Romero 1159 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Morro próximo à sede administrativa, 10 January 1995, R. Romero 1653 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 17 March 1995, R. Romero 1946 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 15 July 1995, R. Romero 2375 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Estrada São Roque-Sacramento, 3 km da sede administrativa, 15 July 1995, R. Romero 2403 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Morro do Careca, 20 January 2002, Romero 6349 (HUFU image); Estrada para o Sítio João Domingos, 25 May 1996, R. Romero 3507 & J. N. Nakajima (SPF, HUFU image); Caminho do Retiro de Pedra, 19 March 1998, P. T. Sano 948 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Serra Brava, beira da estrada, subida para a torre de observação, 20 ° 15 ’ 43.31 ” S 46 ° 33 ’ 47.39 ” W, elev. 1431 m, 13 November 2017, L. J. Sauthier 48 & R. Ramos (SPF, HUIRB); Chapada da Babilônia, Serra do Seu Welenton, entrada da serra, 20 º 24 ’ 34.96 ’’ S 46 º 27 ’ 0.54 W, elev. 1318 m, 14 November 2017, L. J. Sauthier 49 & R. Ramos (SPF); Estrada para a torre de observação, lado direito, 20 º 15 ’ 47.2 ’’ S 46 º 33 ’ 42.89 ’’ W, elev. 1418 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 167 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Serra Brava, estrada para a torre de observação, em ambos os lados da estrada, 20 º 15 ’ 42.64 ’’ S 46 º 34 ’ 00.48 ’’ W, elev. 1446 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 168 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada para Garagem de Pedras, campo ao lado esquerdo da estrada, logo após a ponte, 20 º 14 ’ 25.42 ’’ S 46 º 35 ’ 14.23 ’’ W, elev. 1288 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 171 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Acesso à direita do Curral de Pedras, campo em frente à torre de observação, 20 º 12 ’ 59.45 ’’ S 46 º 28 ’ 33.67 ’’ W, elev. 1467 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 175 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada São Roque de Minas-Sacramento, banhado no lado esquerdo da estrada, 20 º 9 ' 55.51 '' S 46 º 41 ' 15.16 '' W, elev. 1349 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 178 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada São Roque de Minas-Sacramento, a 750 m da estrada, lado esquerdo, distante 100 m a sudoeste do curral de pedras, 20 º 8 ’ 56.78 ’’ S 46 º 47 ’ 53.28 ’’ W, elev. 1360 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 179 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada Sacramento-São Roque de Minas, lado direito, 20 º 13 ’ 30.82 ’’ S 46 º 29 ’ 12.48 ’’ W, elev. 1396 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 181 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada Sacramento-São Roque de Minas, lado direito, 20 º 13 ’ 08.50 ’’ S 46 º 29 ’ 01.27 ’’ W, elev. 1443 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 182 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); ca. 1 km do centro de visitantes, 5 March 2008, V. L. Scatena 395 et al. (RB, HRCB). São João Batista do Glória, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, estrada vindo da Cachoeira Casca d’Anta, sentido Vale dos Canteiros, 20 º 24 ’ 16 ’’ S 46 º 26 ’ 47 ’’ W, elev. 1345 m, 21 October 2017, D. R. Gonzaga 1063 et al. (RB); Caminho para Serra Brava, em ambos os lados da estrada, 20 º 16 ’ 01.6 ’’ S 46 º 33 ’ 15.23 ’’ W, elev. 1414 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 165 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada São Roque de Minas – São João Batista do Glória, lado direito, 20 º 24 ’ 29.00 ’’ S 46 º 27 ’ 01.5 ’’ W, elev. 1325 m, 17 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 185 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 25 ’ 51.68 ’’ S 46 º 26 ’ 59.96 ’’ W, elev. 1297 m, 17 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 186 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 27 ' 19.62 '' S 46 º 27 ' 24.36 '' W, elev. 1300 m, 17 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 187 et al. (SPF, HUIRB). Delfinópolis, 19 º 59 ’ 38.6 ’’ S 46 º 53 ’ 47.6 ’’ W, 1227 m, 19 Jul 2014, V. Ferdinando 59 (RB); Canastra – Serra da Babilônia, entre Delfinópolis e São Roque de Minas, estrada calçada da Serra, 10 February 2012, J. F. B. Pastore 3982 et al. (HUEFS); Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Chapadão da Babilônia, estrada para o Vale da Babilônia, lado esquerdo, a ca. 15 m da estrada, 20 º 27 ’ 36.8 ’’ S 46 º 30 ’ 51.33 ’’ W, elev. 1103 m, 14 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 158 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 27 ' 40.35 '' S 46 º 30 ' 29.71 '' W, elev. 1137 m, 14 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 159 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 27 ' 42.88 '' S 46 º 30 ' 14.14 '' W, elev. 1139 m, 14 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 160 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 27 ' 41.94 '' S 46 º 30 ' 14.55 '' W, elev. 1143 m, 14 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 161 et al. (SPF, HUIRB). Piumhi, Serra da Pimenta, afloramentos rochosos próximos às torres de antenas, 20 º 26 ’ 29.74 ’’ S 45 º 53 ’ 59.31 ’’ W, elev. 1250 m, 18 March 2024, W. Picanço s / n et al. (R).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF89FFEE0CAF9A90CDB0F8F1.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Paepalanthus versatilis differs from P. canastrensis by the stramineous to light-brown involucral bracts as long as the high of the capitula or almost its high (× brown to dark brown, at least one third shorter than the capitula) and by the remnants of vascular bundles as castaneous fibers (× deciduous or absent in straw fibers). From P. aulociliatus, this species differs from the lanceolate leaves, ovate internal involucral bracts and by the non-ciliated floral tube (× narrow-triangular, orbiculate, ciliated floral tube). From P. myriothrixus, it can be distinguished by the absence of a tuft of trichomes just below the hydathodes area (× presence).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF89FFEE0CAF9A90CDB0F8F1.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Batista do Glória: Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, 10 km da portaria de Sacramento, 57 km de Jaguarê (Jaguari), nascentes do córrego Mata Cavalo, elev. ca. 1300 m, 01 October 1999, F. N. Costa 113 et al. (Holotype SPF barcode SPF 00138554!, isotype HUIRB!). Perennial herb, 14.5 – 32.2 cm high, habit in rosette, stem vertical, internodes shorter than 0.5 cm, remnants of vascular bundles persistent with castaneous fibers. Leaves 11.8 – 31.4 × 0.6 – 1.35 cm, spirallate, flat, lanceolate to narrow-triangular, leathering, with superficial wax; apex acute to attenuate, glabrous below the hydathodes area; margins not ciliated; leaf base with a paler color on the adaxial surface, membrane rarely present, up to the basal third of leaf. Spathe membranaceous, almost transparent, very short and inconspicuous with 0.29 – 1 cm long, ciliated, truncate to bidentate. Scapes 10 – 25.5 cm long, scarcely pilose, branched, grouping free capitula. External involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, as long as the capitulum, glabrous to scarcely pilose with deciduous trichomes on the back, stramineous to light-brown, obtuse to acute. Internal involucral bracts ovate, scarcely pilose with trichomes deciduous on the back, brown, obtuse to acute. Flowers trimerous. Staminate flower 3 – 4.5 mm long; floral bracts 3 – 4.5 mm long, lanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, cuspidate to acuminate; sepals 2.8 – 4 mm long, oblanceolate to obovate, connate until the middle or up the basal one third, obtuse to acute; floral tube not ciliated, hyaline. Pistillate flower 3 – 4.5 mm long, pedicellate; floral bracts 3.3 – 4.5 mm long, lanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse, acute or acuminate; sepals 2.6 – 4.5 mm long, oblanceolate, connate at the base, obtuse to acute; petals 2.3 – 3.5 mm long, obovate, obtuse to acute; gynoecium with nectariferous branches shorter than the stigmatic branches. Fruit loculicidal capsule. Seeds 1.5 – 1.6 mm, reddish brown, tegument forming white appendages after hydration. Habitat, distribution and conservation: — Paepalanthus versatilis is restricted to Chapadão do Diamante (Fig. 7), occurring in the campos rupestres, in dry sandy to wet clayey soils. Paepalanthus versatilis has an AOO of 24 km 2, which indicates Endangered (EN) status, and an EOO of 11 km 2 (Fig. 14), with a Critically Endangered (CR) status. Due to the impact of fire (Fig. 15), which most intensively affects the young individuals in the population, with an estimate of less than 50 reproductively mature individuals, it should be indicated as CR, using the B 2 ab (iii); D criteria.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF89FFEE0CAF9A90CDB0F8F1.taxon	description	Morphologic and taxonomic comments: — Individually or in a small set, the traits of P. versatilis are shared with the remaining P. subg. Platycaulon species of the Serra da Canastra, making it possible to confuse them. The general aspect and plant size are compatible with P. canastrensis, P. myriothrixus and P. aulociliatus. However, these similarities are surpassed by a set of traits that enable their differentiation. The stramineous to light brown external involucral bracts, which are as long as or almost as high as the capitulum, and the red remnant of vascular bundles differentiate it from P. canastrensis. The absence of tufts of trichomes and the color of the external involucral bracts distinguish it from P. myriothrixus, while the lanceolate to ovate internal involucral bracts and the non-ciliated floral tube set it apart from P. aulociliatus. The external involucral bracts can vary within the population and among the capitula in the same individual. They range from stramineous to light brown, reaching the same height as the capitulum, or rarely brown, measuring at least one third shorter than the capitulum. In the latter case, it is also possible to find bracts as long as the capitulum in the same individual, and differentiate P. versatilis from P. canastrensis by the red remnant of vascular bundles in the base of the rosette.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF89FFEE0CAF9A90CDB0F8F1.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Paepalanthus versatilis is named from the Latin word versatilis, meaning something versatile (Rizzini 1955), which matches its morphological range, exhibiting attributes in common with all other P. sect. Divisi from Serra da Canastra. These attributes, however, are presented in a unique combination, distinguishing it from the others. Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, 20 º 13 ’ 22 ’’ S 46 º 27 ’ 06 ’’ W, elev. 1493 m, 19 August 2014, E. Melo 12921 et al. (HUEFS); Próximo à Garagem de Pedras, 20 º 13 ’ 00 ’’ S 46 º 28 ’ 31 ’’ W, elev. 1474 m, 30 September 2010, R. Rodrigues da Silva 1137 (SPF, HUEFS); Chapadão do Diamante, após a antena, 9 July 1996, J. N. Nakajima 1917 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Córrego da Fazenda, morro após o vale do rio São Francisco, 26 September 1995, R. Romero 2864 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 2 km após portaria de São Roque, lado direito da estrada, 20 º 14 ’ 18.73 ’’ S 46 º 26 ’ 49.24 ’’ W, elev. 1373 m, 13 November 2017, L. J. Sauthier 44 & R. Ramos (SPF); Torre do Bentim, entrada à direita a 3 m do curral de pedras, 20 º 12 ’ 45.41 ’’ S 46 º 28 ’ 32.82 ’’ W, elev. 1485 m, 15 November 2027, L. J. Sauthier 59 & R. Ramos (SPF, HUIRB); Estrada SacramentoSão Roque de Minas, lado direito, 20 º 13 ’ 24.66 ’’ S 46 º 27 ’ 35.6 ’’ W, elev. 1457 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 183 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 14 ’ 16.45 S’ ’ 46 º 26 ’ 47.99 ’’ W, elev. 1383 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 184 et al. (SPF, HUIRB).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8AFFEF0CAF98BDCF7BF8CA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Paepalanthus aulociliatus differs from the remaining P. subg. Platycaulon species in Serra da Canastra by the ciliated tube (× not ciliated) and orbicular internal involucral bracts (× lanceolate to ovate). From P. trichopetalus, it differs by the narrow-triangular glabrous leaves covered by wax (× linear pilose leaves without superficial wax), the membranaceous spathe (× papery) and by the dorsally glabrous external involucral bracts (× densely pilose with persistent indumentum).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8AFFEF0CAF98BDCF7BF8CA.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Batista do Glória, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Chapadão da Babilônia, próximo ao Trevo de Furnas (MG- 050), estrada vicinal para Paraíso Achado, ca. 2 km da MG- 050, lado esquerdo, 20 º 37 ’ 30.5 ’’ S 46 º 17 ’ 51.79 ’’ W, elev. 1058 m, 14 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 163 et al. (Holotype SPF barcode SPF 00253800!, isotype HUIRB!). Perennial herb, 21.3 – 35.6 cm high, habit in rosette, stem vertical, internodes shorter than 0.5 cm, remnants of vascular bundles deciduous or absent in straw fibers. Leaves 18.8 – 27 × 0.7 – 1.8 cm, spirallate, flat, narrow-triangular, leathering, with superficial wax; apex cuspidate to acuminate glabrous below the hydathodes area; margins ciliated with short deciduous cilia; leaf base with a paler color on the adaxial surface, membrane absent. Spathe membranaceous, almost transparent, very short and inconspicuous with 0.5 – 2 cm long, truncated. Scapes 16 – 35.6 cm long, scarcely pilose, branched, grouping free capitula. External involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, as long as or longer than the capitulum, dorsally glabrous, stramineous, obtuse to acute. Internal involucral bracts orbiculate, dorsally glabrous, obtuse to acute, brown to dark brown. Flowers trimerous. Staminate flower 2.2 – 4 mm; floral bracts 2.2 – 4 mm long, lanceolate to oblanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse to acute; sepals 2.2 – 3 mm long, oblanceolate, connate only up the basal one quarter, obtuse to acute; tube ciliated, hyaline. Pistillate flower 2.6 – 4 mm long, pedicellate; floral bracts 2.4 – 4 mm long, lanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse to acute; sepals 2 – 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate, connate at the base, obtuse to acute; petals 2 – 3 mm long, obovate, obtuse to acute; gynoecium with nectariferous branches shorter than the stigmatic branches. Fruit loculicidal capsule. Seeds 0.8 – 1 mm, light brown to reddish brown, tegument forming white appendages after hydration. Habitat, distribution and conservation: — Paepalanthus aulociliatus is only recorded in the Chapadão da Babilônia (Fig. 9). It inhabits wet sandy soil in rocky fields. While AOO (16 km 2) indicates Endangered (EN) threat status, EOO (21 km 2, Fig. 14) indicates Critically Endangered (CR). It is a species with a restricted distribution, considering mainly low fire impact (Fig. 15), with an estimate of less than 50 reproductively mature individuals; it should be classified as CR, using the B 2 ab (iii); D criteria.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8AFFEF0CAF98BDCF7BF8CA.taxon	description	Morphologic and taxonomic comments: — The most outstanding feature of P. aulociliatus is the ciliated tube. This trait was reported first to P. trichopetalus Körnicke (1863: 399), an endemic species from the campos rupestres of the Diamantina municipality and its surroundings. Both are easily distinguished by the shape, pilosity, and superficial wax on the leaves, as well as the texture and length of the spathe, and by the pilosity and apex shape of the external involucral bracts. The most similar species to P. aulociliatus is P. versatilis. Apart from the ciliated tube, they can be differentiated by the internal involucral bracts, strongly orbiculate in P. aulociliatus and ovate in P. versatilis. They also have significant geographical differences. Paepalanthus versatilis is only found in the Chapadão do Diamante, while P. aulociliatus is restricted to the eastern Chapadão da Babilônia.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8AFFEF0CAF98BDCF7BF8CA.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Paepalanthus aulociliatus is named under the ciliated floral tube of the staminate flower. The name comes from the Greek word aulos, meaning tube (Stearn 1983); and from the Latin word ciliatus, meaning endowed with hairiness on the edges or margins (Rizzini 1955). Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Batista do Glória. Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, estrada para Vale dos Canteiros, 20 º 32 ’ 13 ’’ S 46 º 24 ’ 37 ’’ W, elev. 1252 m, 21 October 2017, D. R. Gonzaga 1072 et al. (RB); Região da Represa de Furnas, estrada depois do Paraíso Perdido, 20 º 36 ’ 44 ’’ S 46 º 19 ’ 53 ’’ W, elev. 967 m, 25 October 2006, J. N. Nakajima 4246 et al. (SFP, HUFU image); Região da Represa de Furnas, estrada MG 050, Capitólio – Passos, 500 m antes do Trevo de Furnas, ca. de 15 km, em direção a Serra, 01 October 2005, R. Romero 7259 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Chapadão da Babilônia, próximo ao Trevo de Furnas (MG- 050). Estrada vicinal para Paraíso Achado, ca. 2 km da MG- 050, lado esquerdo, 20 º 37 ’ 32.09 ’’ S 46 º 17 ’ 52.95 ’’ W, elev. 1064 m, 14 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 164 et al. (SPF, HUIRB).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8CFFEB0CAF9C5FCF65F844.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Paepalanthus myriothrixus differs from other species of P. subg. Platycaulon in Serra da Canastra by the presence of a tuft of trichomes just below the hydathodes area at the leaf apex (× glabrous). From P. moedensis, it differs by the paler color on the leaf base (× castaneous color) and by the hyaline membranaceous spathe (× green, papery).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8CFFEB0CAF9C5FCF65F844.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas: Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Garagem de Pedras, 20 m atrás da garagem, 20 º 13 ’ 57.23 ’’ S 46 º 37 ’ 32.47 ’’ W, elev. 1384 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 172 et al. (Holotype SPF barcode SPF 00253900!, Isotype HUIRB!). Perennial herb, 16 – 29 cm high, habit in rosette, stem vertical, internodes shorter than 0.5 cm, remnants of vascular bundles deciduous or absent in straw fibers. Leaves 10.7 – 26.2 × 0.6 – 1.3 cm, spirallate, flat, narrow-triangular, leathering, without superficial wax, glabrous; apex cuspidate to acuminate with a tuft of trichomes just below the hydathodes area; margins ciliated with long deciduous cilia (more than three cells); leaf base with a paler color, membrane absent. Spathe membranaceous, almost transparent, very short and inconspicuous with 2.9 – 4.5 cm long, ciliated, truncate. Scapes 12 – 24 cm long, scarcely pilose, branched, grouping free capitula. External involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, at least one third shorter than the internal involucral bracts, dorsally pilose with persistent indumentum, obtuse to acute, brown to dark brown. Internal involucral bracts ovate, dorsally pilose with persistent indumentum, obtuse to acute, dark brown. Flowers trimerous. Staminate flower 2.5 – 3.7 mm long; floral bracts 2.5 – 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, cuspidate to acuminate; sepals 2.5 – 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate to obovate, connate up the basal one third; obtuse to acute; floral tube not ciliated, hyaline. Pistillate flower 3 – 4.2 mm long, pedicellate; floral bracts 2.5 – 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, acuminate; sepals 2.3 – 3.5 mm long, oblanceolate to obovate, connate at the base, obtuse to acute; petals 1.9 – 2.9 mm long, obovate, obtuse to acute; gynoecium with nectariferous branches shorter than the stigmatic branches. Fruit loculicidal capsule. Seed ca. 1.5 – 1.6 mm long, dark brown, tegument forming white appendages after hydration. Habitat, distribution and conservation: — Paepalanthus myriothrixus occurs in rocky fields of western Chapadão do Diamante, in dry sandy soil near the Garagem de Pedras (Fig. 11). It has an AOO of 12 km 2, which indicates Endangered (EN) status, and an EOO of 2.36 km 2 (Fig. 14), with Critically Endangered (CR) status. Due to the impact of fire in the area (Fig. 15), an estimated number of less than 50 reproductively mature individuals should be indicated as CR using the B 2 ab (iii); D criteria.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8CFFEB0CAF9C5FCF65F844.taxon	description	Morphologic and taxonomic comments: — The most diagnostic feature of P. myriothrixus is the tuft of trichomes located just below the hydathodes area at the leaf apex (Fig. 10 c), a rare trait in P. subg. Platycaulon reported only to P. moedensis Silveira (1928 a: 234), an endemic species from the Iron Quadrangle, Minas Gerais State (Sauthier 2019). They differ in the shape of leaves, leaf base color, spathe length and texture, the indumentum of the involucral bracts, and in their allopatric distribution. Trichomes have been reported as protective structures against ultraviolet rays by behaving as optical filters. Additionally, they can provide a superficial chemical barrier against biotic stress factors such as herbivores and pathogens through a mixture of phenolic compounds (Karabourniotis et al. 2020; Wang et al. 2021). Their presence in species occurring in the campos rupestres is widespread and occurs in many unrelated families, but this agglomeration in tufts near the hydathodes without covering them deserves investigation.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF8CFFEB0CAF9C5FCF65F844.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — This new species is named according to the presence of tufts of trichome right below the hydathode region. The name is composed of the Greek words myrios, meaning numberless or countless; and thrix, meaning hair (Stearn 1983). Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas. Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Garagem de Pedra, 20 º 13 ’ 49 ’’ S 46 º 37 ’ 29 ’’ W, elev. 1392 m, 21 June 2001, M. N. Castro 02 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Estrada para Sacramento, Garagem de Pedras, 20 March 1995, J. N. Nakajima 924 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); Caminho do Retiro de Pedra, 19 March 1998, P. T. Sano 945 et al. (SPF); Garagem de Pedras, 70 m atrás da garagem, 20 º 13 ’ 59.01 ’’ S 46 º 37 ’ 32.77 ’’ W, elev. 1380 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 173 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); 20 º 14 ’ 01.32 ’’ S 46 º 37 ’ 33.01 ’’ W, elev. 1380 m, 15 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 174 et al. (SPF, HUIRB); Garagem de Pedras, 15 May 2007, M. L. O. Trovó 392 et al. (SPF).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF91FFF70CAF98BEC8EBFF5C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: — Paepalanthus cupreus differs from the remaining P. subg. Platycaulon species in Serra da Canastra by the brownish red trichomes on the axil of the leaves (× stramineous trichomes) and linear leaves with 1 cm or more long cilia (× linear with cilia up to 0.5 cm in P. canastrensis; or lanceolate to narrow-triangular leaves, without cilia in P. versatilis or with cilia up to 0.5 cm in P. canastrensis, P. aulociliatus and P. myriothrixus).	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF91FFF70CAF98BEC8EBFF5C.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, Chapadão do Zagaia, antes da torre de observação, a ca. 10 km da guarita de Sacramento, 20 ° 08 ’ 33.05 ” S 46 ° 48 ’ 01.86 ” W, elev. 1391 m, 15 November 2017, L. J. Sauthier 53 & R. Ramos (Holotype SPF barcode SPF 00249574!, Isotype HUIRB!). Perennial herb, 8 – 28.7 cm high, habit in rosette, stem vertical, internodes shorter than 0.5 cm, remnants of vascular bundles persistent in castaneous fibers. Leaves 3.5 – 27.5 × 0.2 – 0.7 cm, spirallate, flat, linear, without superficial wax, glabrous; apex acute to acuminate glabrous below the hydathodes area; margins ciliate with long deciduous cilia (more than 8 mm); leaf base with a paler color on the adaxial surface, membrane absent, presence of a dense indumentum on the leaf axil with brownish red trichomes. Spathe 1 – 4.5 cm length, green, membranous to papery, glabrous, truncate to oblique, ciliated. Scapes 6.3 – 17 cm long, scarcely pilose, branched, grouping free capitula. External involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, at least one third shorter than the internal involucral bracts, dorsally glabrous to scarcely pilose, obtuse to acute, stramineous to light brown. Internal involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate, dorsally glabrous to scarcely pilose, obtuse to acute, dark brown. Flowers trimerous. Staminate flower 3 – 4 mm long; floral bracts 3 – 4 mm long, lanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse to acute; sepals 2.6 – 3.2 mm long, oblanceolate, connate at the base, obtuse to acute; floral tube not ciliated, hyaline. Pistillate flower 2.8 – 4.5 mm long, pedicellate; floral bracts 2.2 – 4 mm long, lanceolate to oblanceolate, dorsally glabrous but densely pilose towards the apex with subclavate trichomes, obtuse to acute; sepals 2 – 3.8 mm long, oblanceolate, connate at the base, obtuse to acute; petals 2.2 – 3 mm long, obovate, obtuse to acute; gynoecium with nectariferous branches shorter than the stigmatic branches. Seed ca. 1.2 – 1.3 mm long, light brown to reddish brown, tegument forming white appendages after hydration. Habitat, distribution and conservation: — Paepalanthus cupreus grows in the savannas of Chapadão do Zagaia on sandy soil (Fig. 2). Just one record is reported for campos rupestres in Delfinópolis municipality. The species presents the most severe impacts of fire (Fig. 15), with a more significant recurrence of fires, particularly in specific environments with hydromorphic soils. In addition, the species faces threats from boar-pig hybrids, as they turn over the substrate, ripping out individuals of P. cupreus. We encountered an estimated number of less than 250 reproductively mature individuals, indicating Endangered (EN) status, both from AOO (20 km 2) and EOO (238 km 2) (Fig. 14), using criteria B 1 ab (iii) + 2 ab (iii); D.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF91FFF70CAF98BEC8EBFF5C.taxon	description	Morphologic and taxonomic comments: — One of the morphologic variations observed in P. cupreus is the pilosity on the involucral bracts, being glabrous in some specimens or scarcely pilose with deciduous trichomes in others. The same occurs with their color tonality, varying from light brown to brown. A similar variation is found at the spathe aperture, which ranges from a truncate or oblique form to an unequal two-winged form, with one of those wings shorter. These morphologic variations are observed within individuals or across entire populations. The cilia at the leaf margins are very long and multicellular, achieving almost 1 cm. Many other species have been reported as containing long cilia in P. subg. Platycaulon species (Tissot-Squalli 1997; Sauthier 2019). This trait along with the linear leaves and the dense brownish red trichomes at the axil of the leaf, makes P. cupreus easily recognizable. Recently, P. uai Andrino, F. N. Costa & Sano was described from Serra da Canastra National Park and assigned to Paepalanthus ser. Paepalanthus Ruhland (Andrino et al. 2021: 129; Echternacht et al. 2021: 25). This species is distinguished by its thickened stem, ferruginous lanate hairs and a stem that accumulates leaf sheaths, linear leaves, and numerous axillary scapes shorter than or equal to the length of the leaves (Echternacht et al. 2021). However, one of the paratypes, J. Nakajima et al. 3214 (HUFU barcode HUFU 00051025) does not have many inflorescences and is very similar to P. cupreus. Echternacht et al. (2021) mentioned only the material at HUFU, but a second material deposited at UB (barcode UB 0013231) shows the typically fused scape of a P. subg. Platycaulon species, with two capitula per scape only. Besides the scape, leaves dimensions, the glabrous limb with long ciliated margins and the lanceolate involucral bracts match P. cupreus. However, this specimen lacks the most diagnostic feature of P. cupreus, the brownish red trichomes on the axil of the leaves, so we have not included this material in the morphological analysis. Both P. cupreus and P. uai occur in the Chapadão do Diamante, and hybridization events are not ruled out between them.	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
9B7087B1FF91FFF70CAF98BEC8EBFF5C.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — Paepalanthus cupreus is named under the dense reddish brown trichomes at the leaf axil. The name is composed of the Latin word cupreus, meaning coopery or brownish red with metallic luster (Rizzini 1955). Additional specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: São Roque de Minas, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, estrada São Roque de Minas – Sacramento, a 52 km da portaria de São Roque de Minas, 7 November 2022, R. Mello-Silva 1958 et al. (SPF); Estrada São Roque-Sacramento, próximo a torre observação, 24 September 1996, J. N. Nakajima 2101 & R. Romero (SPF, HUFU image); Final da estrada do Retiro de Pedras, saída do parque, 23 February 1997, R. Romero 4009 et al. (HUFU image); Estrada para a Serra da Chapada, 26 October 1997, R. Romero 4580 et al. (HUFU image); Chapadão da Zagaia de frente para a Serra das Sete Voltas, após a torre de observação, 18 October 1997, R. Romero 4729 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 21 September 2000, E. R. Salviani 1594 & H. Lorenzi (SPF); Estrada São Roque de Minas – Sacramento, a 700 m da estrada, lado esquerdo, distante 300 m a sudoeste do curral de pedras, 20 º 08 ’ 54.13 ’’ S 46 º 47 ’ 46.1 ’’ W, elev. 1326 m, 16 March 2020, L. J. Sauthier 180 et al. (SPF). Sacramento, Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra, próximo à portaria de Sacramento, 67 km de Jaguarê, 01 October 1999, F. N. Costa 108 et al. (SPF); Guarita de Sacramento, 14 October 1994, R. Romero 1239 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 24 September 1994, R. Romero 2677 et al. (SPF, HUFU image); 18 November 1995, R. Romero 3051 et al. (HUFU image). Delfinópolis, Casinha Branca, 25 October 2003, J. N. Nakajima 3664 et al. (HUFU image). Key to the Paepalanthus sect. Divisi species in Serra da Canastra	en	Sauthier, Luana J., Tissot-Squalli, Mara L., Ramos, Renato, Sano, Paulo T. (2025): Taxonomic Revision of the Paepalanthus canastrensis Complex (Eriocaulaceae) with Descriptions of Four New Species from Serra da Canastra. Phytotaxa 708 (2): 145-166, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.708.2.3
