Boesenbergia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Zingiberaceae
Subfamilia: Zingiberoideae
Tribus: Zingibereae
Genus: Boesenbergia

Overview of species

B. alba – B. albolutens – B. albomaculata – B. albosanguinea – B. angustifolia – B. apiculata – B. armeniaca – B. atropurpurea – B. aurantiaca – B. baimaii – B. basispicata – B. belalongensis – B. bella – B. bruneiana – B. burttiana – B. burttii – B. clivalis – B. collinsii – B. cordata – B. curtisii – B. decus-silvae – B. eburnea – B. extensa – B. flabellata – B. flava – B. flavoalba – B. flavorubra – B. grandifolia – B. grandis – B. hamiltonii – B. hirta – B. hosensis – B. hutchinsonii – B. igorota – B. imbakensis – B. isanensis – B. ischnosiphon – B. islamii – B. jangarunii – B. kenali – B. kerbyi – B. kerrii – B. kingii – B. laevivaginata – B. lambirensis – B. laotica – B. latilabra – B. latongensis – B. leonardocoi – B. loerzingii – B. longiflora – B. longipes – B. longipetiolata – B. lysichitoides – B. macropoda – B. magna – B. maxwellii – B. meghalayensis – B. minor – B. ochroleuca – B. oligosperma – B. orbiculata – B. ornata – B. parva – B. parvula – B. pauciflora – B. petiolata – B. phengklaii – B. plicata – B. prainiana – B. pulchella – B. pulcherrima – B. purpureorubra – B. putiana – B. quangngaiensis – B. regalis – B. roseopunctata – B. rotunda – B. rubrolutea – B. siamensis – B. siphonantha – B. stenophylla – B. striata – B. subulata – B. sugudensis – B. tenuispicata – B. thailandica – B. thorelii – B. tiliifolia – B. tillandsiodes – B. trangensis – B. truncata – B. uniflora – B. urceoligena – B. variegata – B. violacea – B. vittata – B. xiphostachya

Name

Boesenbergia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 (1891)

Type species: Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685 (1891)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Gastrochilus Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 22 (1829), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Banglium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., Numer. List: n.º 6579 (1832), nom. nud.
- Curcumorpha A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 13: 339 (1971 publ. 1974)
- Haplochorema K.Schum., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 331. (1899)
- Jirawongsea Picheans., Folia Malaysiana 9: 2. (2008)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, Sumatera.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Kuntze, C.O. 1891. Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 685. BHL

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Boesenbergia. Accessed: 2022 Oct 7.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Boesenbergia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 7. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Boesenbergia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct 7. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Boesenbergia. Published online. Accessed: 7 Oct 2022.
Tropicos.org 2022. Boesenbergia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Oct 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Boesenbergia
中文: 凹唇姜属
中文（简体）: 凹唇姜属

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