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)CANASCHAVEestCHAVEcruzCHAVEfazITUPIASÃOPlant lengthmin.10.3524.4030.3041.3026.5018.8016.65max.20.1050.0070.7065.2056.3540.7028.90average14.8736.3844.2254.0038.5628.2123.94Stem lengthmin.0.804.106.4012.308.705.004.00max.2.0017.0024.2030.5032.6019.206.00average1.518.5614.3221.5217.7910.694.85Leaf of the apical portion length width of the median portionmin.7.0012.008.309.0012.605.0015.70max.14.0023.0019.0016.001911.0023.00average12.2616.9111.7212.0016.157.5019.78min.1.001.800.901.501.200.901.90max.2.005.103.803.503.001.803.00average1.543.282.022.612.061.162.42Leaf of the median portion length width of the median portionmin.7.0010.508.509.009.505.0016.50max.14.0019.5018.0017.0020.59.5023.00average12.2616.0312.3911.7914.947.1118.83min.1.002.101.001.501.300.802.50max.2.005.003.204.503.201.903.20average1.543.142.192.412.191.352.84

Published as part of Silva, Lucas Espindola Florêncio da & Trovó, Marcelo, 2026, Taxonomic revision of the Paepalanthus trichophyllus complex (Poales, Eriocaulaceae) with the description of two new species, pp. 66 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1034 on page 66, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1034.3161, http://zenodo.org/record/18406276