Boesenbergia
Appearance
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| Boesenbergia | |
|---|---|
| Boesenbergia pulcherrima | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Zingiberaceae |
| Subfamily: | Zingiberoideae |
| Tribe: | Zingibereae |
| Genus: | Boesenbergia Kuntze (1891) |
| Type species | |
| Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 100 species, native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).[1][3]
Species
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As of September 2026[update], Plants of the World Online includes:[2]
- Boesenbergia alba (K.Larsen & R.M.Sm.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
- Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands
- Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan
- Boesenbergia albosanguinea (Ridl.) Loes. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra
- Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
- Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah
- Boesenbergia ashihoi S.Debnath, Sameer Patil & D.Vijayan - Assam
- Boesenbergia atropurpurea Mas Izzaty & Meekiong - Borneo
- Boesenbergia aurantiaca R.M.Sm. - Borneo
- Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand
- Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand
- Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
- Boesenbergia bella Mood & L.M.Prince - Laos
- Boesenbergia bosuangii N.F.Lam - Borneo
- Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei
- Boesenbergia burmanica Boonma, P.Saensouk & Saensouk - Myanmar (Burma)
- Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak - Borneo
- Boesenbergia burttii (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Laos
- Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia collinsii Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
- Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
- Boesenbergia decus-silvae (Hallier f.) Ardiyani & Mood - Borneo
- Boesenbergia eburnea Docot - Philippines
- Boesenbergia extensa (K.Schum.) Veldkamp & Mood - Borneo
- Boesenbergia flabellata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia flava Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia flavoalba R.M.Sm. - Borneo
- Boesenbergia flavorubra R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
- Boesenbergia ganaensis N.F.Lam - Borneo
- Boesenbergia gokusingii N.F.Lam - Borneo
- Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo
- Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
- Boesenbergia hamiltonii Mood, S.Dey & L.M.Prince -Sikkim to N. Bangladesh
- Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia igorota Tad-o & Napaldet - Philippines
- Boesenbergia imbakensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Borneo
- Boesenbergia ischnosiphon S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia islamii Yusof & M.A.Rahman - Bangladesh
- Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley - Brunei
- Boesenbergia kenali C.K.Lim - Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia kerbyi R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia kerrii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - western Indochina
- Boesenbergia kingii Mood & L.M.Prince - India, southern China, western Indochina
- Boesenbergia laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak
- Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia laotica (Picheans. & Mokkamul) Mood & L.M.Prince
- Boesenbergia latilabra (Valeton) Veldkamp & Mood
- Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim
- Boesenbergia leonardocoi Funak. & Docot - Philippines
- Boesenbergia loerzingii (Valeton) K.Larsen ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen - Sumatra
- Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze - Myanmar
- Boesenbergia longipes (King & Prain ex Ridl.) Schltr. - Perak, Thailand
- Boesenbergia longipetiolata (Ridl.) Merr. - Mindanao
- Boesenbergia lysichitoides S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia macropoda Merr. - Jolo
- Boesenbergia magna (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood - Borneo
- Boesenbergia maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, Thailand[4]
- Boesenbergia meghalayensis Aishwarya & M.Sabu
- Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia monophylla N.S.Lý, N.G.Cao & Škorničk. - Vietnam
- Boesenbergia moodii Nob.Tanaka & Paing - Myanmar
- Boesenbergia ochroleuca (Ridl.) Schltr. - Thailand
- Boesenbergia oligosperma (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia orbiculata R.M.Sm. - Brunei, Sarawak
- Boesenbergia ornata (N.E.Br.) R.M.Sm. - Kalimantan
- Boesenbergia parva (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
- Boesenbergia parvula (Wall. ex Baker) Kuntze - Myanmar, Thailand
- Boesenbergia pauciflora (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
- Boesenbergia petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand
- Boesenbergia phengklaii Mood
- Boesenbergia plicata (Ridl.) Holttum - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia prainiana (King ex Baker) Schltr. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia pulchella (Ridl.) Merr. - Sabah, Sarawak
- Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze - India, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia – type species
- Boesenbergia purpureorubra Mood & L.M.Prince
- Boesenbergia putiana Mood & L.M.Prince
- Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S.Lý
- Boesenbergia regalis Kharuk. & Tohdam - Thailand
- Boesenbergia roseopunctata (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Sumatra
- Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. - Yunnan, Indochina, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Andaman Islands; introduced into India and Sri Lanka
- Boesenbergia rubrolutea (Baker) Kuntze - Assam
- Boesenbergia siamensis (Gagnep.) Sirirugsa - Thailand
- Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Prasanthk. & Škornick. - Indochina
- Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo
- Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
- Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo
- Boesenbergia sugudensis N.F.Lam - Borneo
- Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand
- Boesenbergia thailandica (K.Larsen) Mood & L.M.Prince
- Boesenbergia thorelii (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina
- Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam
- Boesenbergia tillandsiodes (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam, Peninsular Malaysia
- Boesenbergia trangensis K.Larsen - Thailand
- Boesenbergia uniflora (K.Schum.) Ardiyani & Mood
- Boesenbergia urceoligena A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
- Boesenbergia variegata R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
- Boesenbergia vittata (N.E.Br.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
- Boesenbergia xiphostachya (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina
Note: Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler is a synonym of Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 1 2 Plants of the World Online: Boesenbergia Kuntze (retrieved 12 September 2026)
- ↑ Flora of China v 24 p 367, 凹唇姜属 ao chun jiang shu, Boesenbergia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685. 1891.
- ↑ BGO Plant Index, Thailand - with illustration (retrieved 13/9/2017)
External links
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Media related to Boesenbergia at Wikimedia Commons