Eriophyton Explained
Eriophyton is a genus of plants in the Lamiaceae, first described in 1830. Its species are native to Central Asia, western China, and the Himalayas.[1] [2] [3]
Species
12 species are accepted.
- Eriophyton anomalum – Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, and Xinjiang
- Eriophyton lamiiflorum – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang
- Eriophyton maleolens – Afghanistan
- Eriophyton marrubioides – eastern Kazakhstan and Xinjiang
- Eriophyton nepalense (Hedge) Ryding - Nepal
- Eriophyton oblongatum – central Asia, Afghanistan, and Xinjiang
- Eriophyton rhomboideum (Benth.) Ryding - Tibet, Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Himalayas of northern India
- Eriophyton staintonii (Hedge) Ryding - Nepal
- Eriophyton sunhangii Bo Xu, Zhi M.Li & Boufford - Tibet
- Eriophyton tibeticum – Pakistan, western Himalayas, and western Tibet
- Eriophyton tuberosum (Hedge) Ryding - Tibet, Nepal
- Eriophyton wallichii Benth. - Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
Notes and References
- http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=71768 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112067 Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 169 绵参属 mian shen shu Eriophyton Bentham, Edward's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1289. 1829.
- Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, O. (2011). An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60: 471-484.
