Paepalanthus pilosus (Kunth in H.B.K.) Kunth

Hensold, Nancy, 2016, The Andean Paepalanthus pilosus complex (Eriocaulaceae): a revision with three new taxa, PhytoKeys 64, pp. 1-57 : 32

5. Paepalanthus pilosus (Kunth in H.B.K.) Kunth

Paepalanthus pilosus (Kunth in H.B.K.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 518. 1841.

Eriocaulon pilosum Kunth in H.B.K., Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 1: 251-252. 1815 [1816]. Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca: "Crescit in frigidis montanae planitiei Bogotensis inter Suba et Suacha, alt. 1340 hex.," Jul 1801, Bonpland & Humboldt s.n. (lectotype, here designated: B [B_10_0243899] in part, as to plants mounted on left and right side of sheet. The plant mounted in the center of the sheet is Paepalanthus dendroides (Kunth) Kunth. Syntypes: B [B-W 2371], HAL [HAL0109743], P [P01762720]).

? Eriocaulon selaginoides Benth., Pl. Hartw. 260. 1846. Type: Colombia. Cauca: Popayán, near Laguna de Guanacas, 12,000 ft, [yr 1842], K. T. Hartweg 1445 (holotype: K [K000640107]; isotypes: K [K000640106], B, BM [BM000793062], E [E00319822], LE [LE00001221])

? Paepalanthus selaginoides (Benth.) Körn., Fl. Bras. 3(1): 362. 1863. Type: Based on Eriocaulon selaginoides Benth.

Dupatya pilosa (Kunth) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 746. 1891. Type: Based on Eriocaulon pilosum Kunth in H.B.K.

Paepalanthus kupperi Suess., Bot. Jahrb. 72: 293, t. 3, fig. 8. 1942. Type: Costa Rica. Cartago/ Limón /San José: [Cerro] Chirripó Grande, 3450 m, W. Kupper 1315 (holotype: M [M0137218]; isotype: LL)

Paepalanthus espinosianus Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 228. 1947. Type. Ecuador Morona-Santiago: trail between Pailas and El Pan, 3400 m, 10 Sep 1943, J.A. Steyermark 54342 (holotype: NY; isotypes: F, US [US00088348]).

Paepalanthus loxensis Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 229. 1947. Type: Ecuador. Loja: between Tambo Cachiyacu, La Entrada, and Nudo de Sabanilla, 2500-3500 m, 7 Oct 1943, J. A. Steyermark 54452 [' 54432 ' in protologue] (holotype: NY; isotypes: F, GH [GH00028921], US [US00088367]).

Paepalanthus subsessilis Moldenke, Phytologia 2: 232.1947. Type: Venezuela. Lara: between Buenos Aires and Páramo de las Rosas, 2285-3290 m, 11 Feb 1944, J. Steyermark 55495 (holotype: NY; isotypes: F, US [US00088407], VEN [VEN31215]).

Paepalanthus schultesii Moldenke, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 16(4): 65. 1953. Syn. nov. Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca: Macizo de Bogotá, Quebrada de Chapinero, 9000 ft, 24 Sep 1941, R. E. Schultes 1024 (holotype: NY).

Paepalanthus dennisii Moldenke, Phytologia 7: 88. 1959. ' dennisi.' Type citation corrected by Moldenke, Phytologia 7: 120. 1959. Syn. nov. Type: Venezuela Merida: Mucubaji, Sierra de Santo Domingo, 3550 m, 26 Aug 1958, R. W. G. Dennis s.n. (holotype: K [K000640179]; isotype: LL).

Paepalanthus karstenii var. minimus Moldenke, Phytologia 30: 15. 1975. Syn. nov. Type: Colombia. Cundinamarca: Laguna de Verjón, 27 Jul 1917, Bro. Aristé Joseph A.73 (holotype: US [US0088357]; isotype: LL).

Paepalanthus karstenii var. subsessilis (Moldenke) Moldenke, Phytologia 32: 47. 1975. Type: Based on Paepalanthus subsessilis Moldenke

Type.

Based on Eriocaulon pilosum Kunth in H.B.K.

Misapplied names.

Eriocaulon microcephalum sensu Standley (1937), non Kunth in H.B.K.; Paepalanthus dendroides sensu Madriñán and Zapata (2001), in part, non (Kunth in H.B.K.) Kunth; Paepalanthus karstenii sensu Moldenke (1952, 1975a, 1976, 1983) in large part, Espinosa (1997), Cleef (1981), Madriñán and Zapata (2001), Pedraza-Peñalosa et al. (2005), Rangel-Ch. et al. (1997), ( Aubert et al. 2014a, b), among others.