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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora 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.
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
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