Eriophyton

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][3][4]

Eriophyton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Lamioideae
Genus: Eriophyton
Benth. (1829)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Alajja Ikonn. (1971)
  • Erianthera Benth. 1833 nom. illeg. not Nees 1832
  • Menitskia (Krestovsk.) Krestovsk. (2006)
  • Stachyopsis Popov & Vved. (1923)
  • Susilkumara Bennet (1981), nom. superfl.

Species

12 species are accepted.[2]

  • Eriophyton anomalum (Juz.) Lazkov & Sennikov – Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, and Xinjiang
  • Eriophyton lamiiflorum (Rupr.) Bräuchler – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Xinjiang
  • Eriophyton maleolens (Rech.f.) Salmaki – Afghanistan
  • Eriophyton marrubioides (Regel) Ryding – eastern Kazakhstan and Xinjiang
  • Eriophyton nepalense (Hedge) Ryding - Nepal
  • Eriophyton oblongatum (Schrenk) Bendiksby – 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 (Vatke) Ryding – Pakistan, western Himalayas, and western Tibet
  • Eriophyton tuberosum (Hedge) Ryding - Tibet, Nepal
  • Eriophyton wallichii Benth. - Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Eriophyton Benth. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 169 绵参属 mian shen shu Eriophyton Bentham, Edward's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1289. 1829.
  4. 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.
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