Globba

Globba
Globba marantina (type species) from Talakona forest, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Zingiberoideae
Tribe: Globbeae
Genus: Globba
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Synonyms[1]
  • Hura J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
  • Lampujang J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
  • Sphaerocarpos J.F.Gmel.
  • Manitia Giseke
  • Mantisia Sims
  • Ceratanthera Hornem.
  • Ceratanthera T.Lestib.
  • Colebrookia Donn ex T.Lestib.
  • Achilus Hemsl.

Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian Subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Plants of the World Online: Globba L. (retrieved 19 October 2024)
  2. ^ Flora of China v 24 p 358, 舞花姜属 wu hua jiang shu, Globba Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 2: 143, 170. 1771.