Eriophyton

Genus of flowering plants

Eriophyton
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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]

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. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b 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.
Taxon identifiers
Eriophyton