Boesenbergia

Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 70 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).[1][2]

Boesenbergia
Boesenbergia rotunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Zingibereae
Genus: Boesenbergia
Kuntze
Type species
Boesenbergia pulcherrima
(Wall.) Kuntze
Synonyms[1]
  • Gastrochilus Wall. 1829, illegitimate homonym, not D.Don 1825
  • Banglium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall., without description
  • Curcumorpha A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:[3]

  1. Boesenbergia alba (K.Larsen & R.M.Sm.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
  2. Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands
  3. Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan
  4. Boesenbergia albosanguinea (Ridl.) Loes.
  5. Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra
  6. Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
  7. Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah
  8. Boesenbergia atropurpurea Mas Izzaty & Meekiong
  9. Boesenbergia aurantiaca R.M.Sm.
  10. Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand
  11. Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand
  12. Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
  13. Boesenbergia bella Mood & L.M.Prince
  14. Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei
  15. Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  16. Boesenbergia burttii (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Mood & L.M.Prince
  17. Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia
  18. Boesenbergia collinsii Mood & L.M.Prince
  19. Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  20. Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  21. Boesenbergia decus-silvae (Hallier f.) Ardiyani & Mood
  22. Boesenbergia extensa (K.Schum.) Veldkamp & Mood
  23. Boesenbergia flabellata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  24. Boesenbergia flava Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
  25. Boesenbergia flavoalba R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  26. Boesenbergia flavorubra R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  27. Boesenbergia gelatinosa K.Larsen - Thailand
  28. Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo
  29. Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  30. Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
  31. Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak
  32. Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  33. Boesenbergia imbakensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah
  34. Boesenbergia isanensis Saensouk & P.Saensouk
  35. Boesenbergia ischnosiphon S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  36. Boesenbergia islamii Yusof & M.A.Rahman - Bangladesh
  37. Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley - Brunei
  38. Boesenbergia kenali C.K.Lim - Peninsular Malaysia
  39. Boesenbergia kerbyi R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  40. Boesenbergia kerrii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun
  41. Boesenbergia kingii Mood & L.M.Prince
  42. Boesenbergia laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak
  43. Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  44. Boesenbergia laotica (Picheans. & Mokkamul) Mood & L.M.Prince
  45. Boesenbergia latilabra (Valeton) Veldkamp & Mood
  46. Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim
  47. Boesenbergia loerzingii (Valeton) K.Larsen ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen - Sumatra
  48. Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze - Myanmar
  49. Boesenbergia longipes (King & Prain ex Ridl.) Schltr. - Perak, Thailand
  50. Boesenbergia longipetiolata (Ridl.) Merr. - Mindanao
  51. Boesenbergia lysichitoides S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  52. Boesenbergia macropoda Merr. - Jolo
  53. Boesenbergia magna (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
  54. Boesenbergia maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, Thailand[4]
  55. Boesenbergia meghalayensis Aishwarya & M.Sabu
  56. Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia
  57. Boesenbergia ochroleuca (Ridl.) Schltr. - Thailand
  58. Boesenbergia oligosperma (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  59. Boesenbergia orbiculata R.M.Sm. - Brunei, Sarawak
  60. Boesenbergia ornata (N.E.Br.) R.M.Sm. - Kalimantan
  61. Boesenbergia parva (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
  62. Boesenbergia parvula (Wall. ex Baker) Kuntze - Myanmar, Thailand
  63. Boesenbergia pauciflora (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
  64. Boesenbergia petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand
  65. Boesenbergia phengklaii Mood
  66. Boesenbergia plicata (Ridl.) Holttum - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  67. Boesenbergia prainiana (King ex Baker) Schltr. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
  68. Boesenbergia pulchella (Ridl.) Merr. - Sabah, Sarawak
  69. Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze - India, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia – type species
  70. Boesenbergia purpureorubra Mood & L.M.Prince
  71. Boesenbergia putiana Mood & L.M.Prince
  72. Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S.Lý
  73. Boesenbergia regalis Kharuk. & Tohdam - Thailand
  74. Boesenbergia roseopunctata (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Sumatra
  75. Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. - Yunnan, Indochina, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Andaman Islands; introduced into India and Sri Lanka
  76. Boesenbergia rubrolutea (Baker) Kuntze - Assam
  77. Boesenbergia siamensis (Gagnep.) Sirirugsa - Thailand
  78. Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Prasanthk. & Škornick. - Indochina
  79. Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  80. Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
  81. Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo
  82. Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand
  83. Boesenbergia thailandica (K.Larsen) Mood & L.M.Prince
  84. Boesenbergia thorelii (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina
  85. Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam
  86. Boesenbergia tillandsiodes (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam, Peninsular Malaysia
  87. Boesenbergia trangensis K.Larsen - Thailand
  88. Boesenbergia uniflora (K.Schum.) Ardiyani & Mood
  89. Boesenbergia urceoligena A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
  90. Boesenbergia variegata R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  91. Boesenbergia violacea (K.Larsen & Triboun) Mood & L.M.Prince
  92. Boesenbergia vittata (N.E.Br.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
  93. Boesenbergia xiphostachya (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Vietnam

Note: Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler is a synonym of Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Flora of China v 24 p 367, 凹唇姜属 ao chun jiang shu, Boesenbergia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685. 1891.
  3. Plants of the World Online: Boesenbergia Kuntze (retrieved 11 September 2021)]
  4. BGO Plant Index, Thailand - with illustration (retrieved 13/9/2017)
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