Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulon

Eriocaulon odoratum Dalzell

First published in Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 280 (1851)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Indo-China. It is an annual and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.
  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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