Epilobium palustre L.

Luo, Yike & Xie, Lei, 2023, A checklist of Onagraceae in the Pan-Himalaya region, Phytotaxa 597 (4), pp. 245-268 : 258

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.597.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7966966
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD5F66-FFE9-E15C-3DCD-BA00FDCB4A80
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Epilobium palustre L.
status

Treatment

3.20. Epilobium palustre L. View in CoL View at ENA

Lectotype (designated by Jonsell & Jarvis 2002):—“ Habitat in Europae humidiusculis”, Herb. Linn. No. 486.7 ( LINN digital image).

= Epilobium palustre L. var. minimum C.B. Clarke (1879: 586) View in CoL .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— PAKISTAN. Kashmir, Ladakh, Deosai, 3950 m, 31 July 1876, Clarke 29816 (K001057566!).

Distribution: —N Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, M Yarlung Zangbo, L Yarlung Zangbo, Tangut, S Hengduan, N Hengduan.

Note: —This species is widely distributed across North America and Eurasia ( Chen et al. 1992). It is highly variable particularly in plant stature. In the eastern Pan-Himalaya, plants of Epilobium palustre vary greatly in size. In the high elevations, plants are often shorter.