Eriocaulon nepalenseJ.D.Prescott ex Bong.

WFO wfo-0000412489 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Eriocaulon nepalense, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-04-08 / obs. 123788160
Eriocaulon nepalense, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87735339
Eriocaulon nepalense, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 123788157
Eriocaulon nepalense, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87735341
Eriocaulon nepalense, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87735385
Eriocaulon nepalense, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 87735367

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Eriocaulon nepalense is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Taiwan, Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya China South-CentralChina SoutheastJapanTaiwanAssamBangladeshEast HimalayaIndiaLaosMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanSri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Eriocaulon nepalense, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Laos LAO
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Japan JAP
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eriocaulon coeruleum P.Royen
  • Eriocaulon govindianum Sunil & Ratheesh
  • Eriocaulon kathmanduense Satake
  • Eriocaulon lepidum T.Koyama
  • Eriocaulon luzulifolium Mart.
  • Eriocaulon nantoense var. parviceps (Hand.-Mazz.) W.L.Ma
  • Eriocaulon nantoense var. trisectum (Satake) C.E.Chang
  • Eriocaulon nepalense Kunth
  • Eriocaulon nepalense var. laosense Satake
  • Eriocaulon papuanum P.Royen
  • Eriocaulon pseudonepalense Satake
  • Eriocaulon pullum T.Koyama
  • Eriocaulon pumilio Hook.f.
  • Eriocaulon schochianum var. parviceps Hand.-Mazz.
  • Eriocaulon senile Honda
  • Eriocaulon senile f. pilosum T.Koyama
  • Eriocaulon staintonii Satake
  • Eriocaulon trisectum Satake
  • Eriocaulon viride Körn.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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