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