Santalaceae
Thesium

Thesium himalense Royle ex Edgew.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 88 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Afghanistan to China (Sichuan, Yunnan). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, China South-Central, Nepal, Pakistan

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1980-). Flora of Pakistan 135- Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Polatschek, A. (1982). Flora Iranica 155: 1-11. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Polatschek, A. (1982). Flora Iranica 155: 1-11. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2003). Flora of China 5: 1-505. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Royle, J.F. [s.n.], India K000880560 holotype Yes
Ellis, J.L. [1280], India K000880561 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [22575], Indian Subcontinent Thesium indicum K000880557 holotype 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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0