Syngonanthus

{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Syngonanthus chrysanthus.jpg |image_caption = ''Syngonanthus chrysanthus'' |taxon = Syngonanthus |authority = Ruhland |synonyms = * ''Carptotepala'' Moldenke * ''Limnoxeranthemum'' Salzm. ex Steud. * ''Philodice'' Mart. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Syngonanthus'' Ruhland |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297630-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=11 April 2026}}</ref> }}

'''''Syngonanthus''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae.<ref>Giulietti, A. M., M. J. Gomes de Andrade, L. R. Parra de Lazzari, C. v. d. Berg & R. M. Harley. 2009. (1902) Proposal to conserve the name Syngonanthus against Philodice (Eriocaulaceae). Taxon 58(3): 1008–1009.</ref><ref>Brummitt, R. K. 2011. Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 63. Taxon 60(4): 1202–1210.</ref> It is native to tropical Africa and to Latin America (from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina).<ref name=powo/><ref>Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro</ref><ref>Huft, M. J. 1994. 261. Eriocaulaceae. 6: 178–184. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.</ref>

==Species== 146 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> * ''Syngonanthus acephalus'' Hensold – Amazonas State in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus albopulvinatus'' (Moldenke) Moldenke – Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus allenii'' Moldenke – Colombia, Amazonas State in Brazil * ''Syngonanthus amapensis'' Moldenke – Colombia, Venezuela, northwestern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus amazonicus'' Moldenke – Colombia, Venezuela, northwestern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus androsaceus'' (Griseb.) Ruhland – Cuba * ''Syngonanthus angolensis'' H.E.Hess – Angola, Zaïre, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi * ''Syngonanthus anomalus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Ecuador, the Guianas * ''Syngonanthus anthemidiflorus'' (Bong.) Ruhland – Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina * ''Syngonanthus appressus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – central and southern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus aquaticus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus arenarius'' (Gardner) Ruhland – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus atrovirens'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus auripes'' Silveira – Bahia, Goiás * ''Syngonanthus bartlettii'' Moldenke – Belize * ''Syngonanthus bellus'' Moldenke – Venezuela, northern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus bianoensis'' Kimp. – Zaïre * ''Syngonanthus bicolor'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus biformis'' (N.E.Br.) Gleason – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Peru, the Guianas * ''Syngonanthus bisumbellatus'' (Steud.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Pará, Piauí * ''Syngonanthus blackii'' Moldenke – Pará * ''Syngonanthus bracteosus'' Moldenke – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus cabralensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus cachimboensis'' Moldenke – Pará * ''Syngonanthus canaliculatus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus capillaceus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus caulescens'' (Poir.) Ruhland – State of Veracruz in Mexico; Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay * ''Syngonanthus chapadensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus chrysanthus'' (Bong.) Ruhland – southeastern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus costatus'' Ruhland – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus cowanii'' Moldenke – southeastern Colombia, Amazonas State in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus crassinervius'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus culcitosus'' {{small|Echtern.}} – west-central Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus cuyabensis'' (Bong.) Giul., Hensold & L.R.Parra – Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname * ''Syngonanthus davidsei'' Huft – Chiapas * ''Syngonanthus decorus'' Moldenke – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus densiflorus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia * ''Syngonanthus densifolius'' {{small|Silveira}} – Goiás and Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus densus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil * ''Syngonanthus diamantinensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus dichroanthus'' Hensold – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus discretifolius'' {{small|(Moldenke) M.T.C.Watan.}} – * ''Syngonanthus duidae'' Moldenke – Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus egleri'' Moldenke – Pará * ''Syngonanthus exilis'' S.M.Phillips – Zambia * ''Syngonanthus fenestratus'' Hensold – Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana * ''Syngonanthus ferrensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus filipes'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus fischerianus'' (Bong.) Ruhland – Brazil, Bolivia * ''Syngonanthus flaviceps'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus flavidulus'' (Michx.) Ruhland – southeastern USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina) * ''Syngonanthus fuscescens'' Ruhland – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus garimpensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus glandulifer'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus goyazensis'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Goiás, Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus gracilis'' (Bong.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Peru, the Guianas, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay * ''Syngonanthus grao-mogolensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus helminthorrhizus'' (Mart. ex Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil, Paraguay * ''Syngonanthus hensoldiae'' {{small|M.T.C.Watan. & Sano}} – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus heteropeploides'' Herzog – Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana * ''Syngonanthus heterotrichus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus hirtellus'' Ruhland – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus hondurensis'' Moldenke – Belize * ''Syngonanthus humbertii'' Moldenke – Madagascar * ''Syngonanthus humboldtii'' (Kunth) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, the Guianas * ''Syngonanthus hygrotrichus'' Ruhland – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus incurvifolius'' {{small|M.T.C.Watan. & Echtern.}} – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus insularis'' Moldenke – Isla de la Juventud in Cuba * ''Syngonanthus itambeensis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus lagopodioides'' (Griseb.) Ruhland – Cuba * ''Syngonanthus lanatus'' Moldenke – Brazil * ''Syngonanthus lanceolatus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus laricifolius'' (Gardner) Ruhland – Brazil * ''Syngonanthus latifolius'' (Moldenke) Hensold – Mato Grosso * ''Syngonanthus leprieurii'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Pará, French Guiana, Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus lisowskii'' Kimp – Zaïre * ''Syngonanthus llanorum'' Ruhland – Colombia; Apure State in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus longibracteatus'' Kimp – Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique * ''Syngonanthus longipes'' Gleason – Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname * ''Syngonanthus lundellianus'' Moldenke – Belize * ''Syngonanthus macrocephalus'' (Moldenke) Hensold – Cerro Sipapo in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus macrolepis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus manikaensis'' Kimp – Zaïre * ''Syngonanthus marginatus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus micropus'' Silveira – São Paulo * ''Syngonanthus minutifolius'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus minutulus'' (Steud.) Moldenke – Pará, Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus minutus'' (Moldenke) Hensold – Auyán-tepui in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus mollis'' {{small|M.T.C.Watan.}} – Bolivia and Peru * ''Syngonanthus multipes'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus mwinilungensis'' S.M.Phillips – Zambia * ''Syngonanthus nanus'' Moldenke – Paraná * ''Syngonanthus ngoweensis'' Lecomte – Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola * ''Syngonanthus niger'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus nigroalbus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus nitens'' (Bong.) Ruhland – Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus oblongus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus oneillii'' Moldenke – Belize * ''Syngonanthus ottohuberi'' Hensold – Amazonas State in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus pakaraimensis'' Moldenke – Venezuela, Guyana * ''Syngonanthus paleaceus'' S.M.Phillips – Zambia * ''Syngonanthus pallens'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus pauciflorus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus peruvianus'' Ruhland (synonym ''Syngonanthus yacuambensis'' Moldenke) – Ecuador and northeastern and central Peru * ''Syngonanthus philcoxii'' Moldenke – Mato Grosso * ''Syngonanthus philodicoides'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Bahia, Goiás * ''Syngonanthus pittieri'' Moldenke – Panama * ''Syngonanthus planus'' Ruhland – Bahia, Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus plumosus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus poggeanus'' Ruhland – Burundi, Zaïre, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola, Zambia * ''Syngonanthus polyaxis'' {{small|Echtern. & M.T.C.Watan.}} – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus pulchellus'' Moldenke – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus pulcher'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Goiás, Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus pulvinellus'' Moldenke – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus quadrangularis'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus reclinatus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Brazil * ''Syngonanthus restingensis'' Hensold & A.L.R.Oliveira – Bahia, Rio de Janeiro * ''Syngonanthus retrorsus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus rhizonema'' Ruhland – São Paulo * ''Syngonanthus robinsonii'' Moldenke – Zaïre, Zambia * ''Syngonanthus saxicola'' {{small|(Körn.) Trovó & Stützel}} – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus schlechteri'' Ruhland – Zaïre, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania * ''Syngonanthus schwackei'' Ruhland – eastern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus sclerophyllus'' Ruhland – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus setifolius'' Hensold – northern Brazil, Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus sickii'' Moldenke – Pará * ''Syngonanthus simplex'' (Miq.) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, the Guianas * ''Syngonanthus sinuosus'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus spadiceus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – Piauí, Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus spongiosus'' Hensold – Amazonas State of Brazil * ''Syngonanthus surinamensis'' Moldenke – Suriname * ''Syngonanthus syngonanthoides'' {{small|(Silveira) Trovó & Stützel}} – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus tenuipes'' Silveira – Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus tenuis'' (Kunth) Ruhland – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus tiricensis'' Moldenke – Bolívar State in Venezuela * ''Syngonanthus trichophyllus'' Moldenke – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, Guyana * ''Syngonanthus umbellatus'' (Lam.) Ruhland – Dominican Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, the Guianas * ''Syngonanthus upembaensis'' Kimp – Zaïre * ''Syngonanthus verticillatus'' (Bong.) Ruhland – Goiás, Minas Gerais * ''Syngonanthus vittatus'' {{small|M.T.C.Watan. & Echtern.}} – Goiás * ''Syngonanthus wahlbergii'' (Wikstr. ex Körn.) Ruhland – from Nigeria east to Tanzania, south to northern South Africa * ''Syngonanthus weddellii'' Moldenke – Pará, Goiás * ''Syngonanthus welwitschii'' (Rendle) Ruhland – Zaïre, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia * ''Syngonanthus widgrenianus'' (Körn.) Ruhland – eastern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus williamsii'' (Moldenke) Hensold – Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil * ''Syngonanthus xinguensis'' Moldenke – Mato Grosso

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