Epilobium minutiflorum Haussknecht (1879: 55)

Luo, Yike & Xie, Lei, 2023, A checklist of Onagraceae in the Pan-Himalaya region, Phytotaxa 597 (4), pp. 245-268 : 257-258

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.597.4.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7966964
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scientific name	Epilobium minutiflorum Haussknecht (1879: 55)
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3.19. Epilobium minutiflorum Haussknecht (1879: 55) View in CoL View at ENA .

≡ Epilobium tetragonum L. var. minutiflorum (Hausskn.) Boissier (1888: 240) View in CoL .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— TURKEY. Aintab (Gaziantep): banks of the River Sadschur, 26 June 1865, Haussknecht 812 ( JE).

= Epilobium modestum Haussknecht (1879: 55) View in CoL .

Lectotype (designated by Raven 1962a):— INDIA. Ladakh: Nubra Valley, 4 August 1848, Thomson s.n. (K).

Distribution: —N Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, N Hengduan.

Note: —In some locations in the Pan-Himalaya region, this species is growing with Epilobium palustre ( Raven 1962a) . Two species are often confused with each other. However, E. minutiflorum can be recognized by its smaller flowers and seeds, and broader serrulate leaves.