Eritrichium

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the borage family}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Plagiobothryscanescens.jpg |image_caption = ''Eritrichium canescens'' |taxon = Eritrichium |authority = Schrad. ex Gaudin |type_species = ''Eritrichium nanum'' |type_species_authority = (L.) Schrad. ex Gaudin |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 78 accepted species |}} '''''Eritrichium''''' ('''alpine forget-me-not''') is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. It contains 78 species.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |title=''Eritrichium'' Schrad. ex Gaudin |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30004212-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=en|publisher=Kew Science}}</ref> Notable members include ''Eritrichium howardii'' and ''Eritrichium nanum''.

Its native range stretches from temperate Eurasia, across Alaska to the western central U.S. It is found in Europe (within Austria, France, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and Yugoslavia), in Siberia, (within Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Krasnoyarsk and Tuva,) in Central Asia (within Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan), in Western Asia (within Afghanistan, East Himalaya, Iran, Pakistan and West Himalaya), in China (within Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang,) in Eastern Asia (with Japan and Korea,) in Canada (within Northwest Territories and Yukon) and also in the U.S. (within Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming).<ref name="POWO"/>

It was first published in Fl. Helv. vol.2 on page 57 in 1828.<ref name="POWO"/>

==Species== As accepted by Kew:<ref name="POWO"/> {{div col}} *''Eritrichium acicularum'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium aldanense'' {{small|Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium alpinum'' {{small|Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium arctisibiricum'' {{small|(V.V.Petrovsky) A.P.Khokhr.}} *''Eritrichium arenosum'' {{small|D.F.Murray}} *''Eritrichium aretioides'' {{small|(Cham.) DC.}} *''Eritrichium argenteum'' {{small|W.Wight}} *''Eritrichium axilliflorum'' {{small|Li Bing Zhang & Yi F.Duan}} *''Eritrichium baicalense'' {{small|Popov ex Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium boreale'' {{small|D.F.Murray}} *''Eritrichium borealisinense'' {{small|Kitag.}} *''Eritrichium caespitosum'' {{small|Ovcz.}} *''Eritrichium canum'' {{small|(Benth.) Kitam.}} *''Eritrichium caucasicum'' {{small|(Albov) Grossh.}} *''Eritrichium chamissonis'' {{small|A.DC.}} *''Eritrichium confertiflorum'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium deltodentum'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium deqinense'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium dubium'' {{small|O.Fedtsch.}} *''Eritrichium echinocaryum'' {{small|(I.M.Johnst.) Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium fetisowii'' {{small|Regel}} *''Eritrichium fruticulosum'' {{small|Klotzsch}} *''Eritrichium gracillimum'' {{small|Rech.f.}} *''Eritrichium grandiflorum'' {{small|D.F.Murray}} *''Eritrichium hemisphaericum'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium howardii'' {{small|(A.Gray) Rydb.}} *''Eritrichium humillimum'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium huzhuense'' {{small|X.F.Lu & G.R.Zheng}} *''Eritrichium incanum'' {{small|(Turcz.) A.DC.}} *''Eritrichium jacuticum'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium jenisseense'' {{small|Turcz. ex A.DC.}} *''Eritrichium kamelinii'' {{small|Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium kangdingense'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium karavaevii'' {{small|Ovcz.}} *''Eritrichium latifolium'' {{small|Kar. & Kir.}} *''Eritrichium laxum'' {{small|I.M.Johnst.}} *''Eritrichium lianyongshanii'' {{small|Li Bing Zhang & Yi F.Duan}} *''Eritrichium longifolium'' {{small|Decne.}} *''Eritrichium longipes'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium mandshuricum'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium medicarpum'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium mertonii'' {{small|Riedl}} *''Eritrichium minimum'' {{small|(Brand) H.Hara}} *''Eritrichium nanum'' {{small|(L.) Gaudin}} *''Eritrichium nipponicum'' {{small|Makino}} *''Eritrichium ochotense'' {{small|Jurtzev & A.P.Khokhr.}} *''Eritrichium oligocanthum'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium pamiricum'' {{small|B.Fedtsch. ex O.Fedtsch.}} *''Eritrichium pauciflorum'' {{small|DC.}} *''Eritrichium pectinatociliatum'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium pectinatum'' {{small|(Pall.) DC.}} *''Eritrichium pendulifructum'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium petiolare'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium pseudolatifolium'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium pseudostrictum'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium pulvinatum'' {{small|(V.V.Petrovsky) Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium pulviniforme'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium putoranicum'' {{small|Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium qofengense'' {{small|Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium relictum'' {{small|Kudab.}} *''Eritrichium sajanense'' {{small|(Malyschev) Sipliv.}} *''Eritrichium sericeum'' {{small|(Lehm.) A.DC.}} *''Eritrichium serxuense'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium sichotense'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium sinomicrocarpum'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium spathulatum'' {{small|(Benth.) C.B.Clarke}} *''Eritrichium splendens'' {{small|Kearney ex W.Wight}} *''Eritrichium subjacquemontii'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium tangkulaense'' {{small|W.T.Wang}} *''Eritrichium thomsonii'' {{small|(C.B.Clarke) I.M.Johnst.}} *''Eritrichium thymifolium'' {{small|(A.DC.) Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang}} *''Eritrichium tianschanicum'' {{small|Iljin ex Ovczinnikova}} *''Eritrichium tschuktschorum'' {{small|Jurtzev & V.V.Petrovsky}} *''Eritrichium turkestanicum'' {{small|Franch.}} *''Eritrichium tuvinense'' {{small|Popov}} *''Eritrichium uralense'' {{small|Serg.}} *''Eritrichium villosum'' {{small|(Ledeb.) Bunge}} *''Eritrichium wangwencaii'' {{small|Li Bing Zhang & Yi F.Duan }} {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Boraginoideae Category:Boraginaceae genera Category:Flora of Austria Category:Flora of Siberia Category:Flora of the Russian Far East Category:Flora of Central Asia Category:Flora of the Caucasus Category:Flora of China Category:Flora of Mongolia Category:Flora of Japan Category:Flora of Korea Category:Flora of Subarctic America