Boesenbergia

Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 60-70 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
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
  • Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands
  • Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan
  • Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra
  • Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
  • Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah
  • Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand
  • Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand
  • Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
  • Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei
  • Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
  • Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Yunnan, Cambodia
  • 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 gelatinosa K.Larsen - Thailand
  • Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo
  • Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia imbakensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah
  • 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 laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak
  • Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
  • 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 maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, Thailand[3]
  • Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia
  • 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 petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand
  • 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
  • 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 - Andaman & Nicobar Islands
  • Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo
  • Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
  • Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo
  • Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand
  • 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 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 - Vietnam

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. BGO Plant Index, Thailand - with illustration (retrieved 13/9/2017)
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