Boraginaceae
Eritrichium

Eritrichium canum (Benth.) Kitam.

First published in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 19: 103 (1963)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Afghanistan to Central Himalaya. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ali, S.I. & Nasir, Y.J. (1989). Flora of West Pakistan 191: 1-200.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
  • Ovchinnikova, S.V. (2011). Conspectus of the subgenus Pseudohackelia of the genus Eritrichium (Boraginaceae) species. Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 1: 41-54.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2022). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 4: 1-522. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Riedl, H. (1967). Flora Iranica 48: 1-281. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ovchinnikova, S.V. (2011). Conspectus of the subgenus Pseudohackelia of the genus Eritrichium (Boraginaceae) species. Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 1: 41-54.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aitchison, J.E.T. [s.n.], Afghanistan K000895873 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [215], Afghanistan K000895875 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [s.n.], Afghanistan K000895874 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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