Eriophyton

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Lamioideae
Tribus: Lamieae
Genus: Eriophyton
Species: E. lamiflorum – E. maleolens – E. marrubioides – E. nepalense – E. oblongatum – E. rhomboideum – E. staintonii – E. sunhangii – E. tibeticum – E. tuberosum – E. wallichii
Name

Eriophyton Benth. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1289. (1829)

Type species: Eriophyton wallichii Benth. in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 63 (1830)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Erianthera Benth., Bot. Misc. 3: 380 (1833), nom. illeg.
Stachyopsis Popov & Vved., Trudy Turkestansk. Nauchn. Obshch. 1: 120 (1923)
Alajja Ikonn., Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8: 274 (1971)
Susilkumara Bennet, Indian Forester 107: 432 (1981), nom. superfl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan,
Western Asia
Afghanistan,
China
China South-Central, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang,
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Bentham, G. 1829. Edwards's Botanical Register; or, Flower Garden and Shrubbery. London 15: , pl. 1289
Bendiksby, M., Thorbek, L., Scheen, A.-C., Lindqvist, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2011. An updated phylogeny and classification of Lamiaceae subfamily Lamioideae. Taxon 60(2): 471–484. DOI: 10.1002/tax.602015 ResearchGate Reference page.
Bendiksby, M., Salmaki, Y., Bräuchler, C. & Ryding, P.O. 2014. The generic position of Stachys tibetica Vatke and amalgamation of the genera Eriophyton and Stachyopsis (Lamiaceae subfam. Lamioideae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 300(5): 961–971. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-013-0935-2 ResearchGate Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Eriophyton in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 June 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Eriophyton. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 June 2014. Has not transferred species from Lamium ref Bendiksby (et al.) (2011)
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Eriophyton. Published online. Accessed: June 12 2014.

Vernacular names

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[1]

Eriophyton nepalense (Hedge) Ryding - Nepal
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 tuberosum (Hedge) Ryding - Tibet, Nepal
Eriophyton wallichii Benth. - Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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.