Taxonomic revision of the Paepalanthus trichophyllus complex (Poales, Eriocaulaceae) with the description of two new species Author Silva, Lucas Espindola Florêncio da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), Museu Nacional, Departamento de Botânica, Quinta da Boa Vista, 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. lucasespindola.ufrj@gmail.com Author Trovó, Marcelo Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Botânica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. martrovo@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2026 2026-01-13 1034 58 84 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3161/14067 journal article 313983 10.5852/ejt.2026.1034.3161 b7dba77b-533f-4ad5-b3e8-6826f45259d0 2118-9773 18406276

Table 2. Comparison of the main vegetative characters used in morphometric analysis for the seven populations of the Paepalanthus trichophyllus complex.

Characters (cm) / populations (acronyms)		CANAS	CHAVEest	CHAVEcruz	CHAVEfaz	ITU	PIA	SÃO
Plant length	min.	10.35	24.40	30.30	41.30	26.50	18.80	16.65
	max.	20.10	50.00	70.70	65.20	56.35	40.70	28.90
	average	14.87	36.38	44.22	54.00	38.56	28.21	23.94
Stem length	min.	0.80	4.10	6.40	12.30	8.70	5.00	4.00
	max.	2.00	17.00	24.20	30.50	32.60	19.20	6.00
	average	1.51	8.56	14.32	21.52	17.79	10.69	4.85
Leaf of the apical portion length width of the median portion	min.	7.00	12.00	8.30	9.00	12.60	5.00	15.70
	max.	14.00	23.00	19.00	16.00	19	11.00	23.00
	average	12.26	16.91	11.72	12.00	16.15	7.50	19.78
	min.	1.00	1.80	0.90	1.50	1.20	0.90	1.90
	max.	2.00	5.10	3.80	3.50	3.00	1.80	3.00
	average	1.54	3.28	2.02	2.61	2.06	1.16	2.42
Leaf of the median portion length width of the median portion	min.	7.00	10.50	8.50	9.00	9.50	5.00	16.50
	max.	14.00	19.50	18.00	17.00	20.5	9.50	23.00
	average	12.26	16.03	12.39	11.79	14.94	7.11	18.83
	min.	1.00	2.10	1.00	1.50	1.30	0.80	2.50
	max.	2.00	5.00	3.20	4.50	3.20	1.90	3.20
	average	1.54	3.14	2.19	2.41	2.19	1.35	2.84