Tapeinochilos

Tapeinochilos
Tapeinochilos ananassae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Tapeinochilos
Miq.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Tapeinocheilos Miq., spelling variant
  • Tubutubua Post & Kuntze

Tapeinochilos is a group of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus in 1869.[3][2][4] It is native to Queensland, Papuasia, and the Indonesian Province of Maluku.[1] Centered in Papua New Guinea, only three of the approximately 16 species occur outside of the country.[5]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Tapeinochilos Miq.
  3. ^ Miquel, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm. 1869. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 4: 101-102 in Latin
  4. ^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
  5. ^ Bryan, J.E., Shearman, P.L. (Eds.). 2015. The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014: Measuring change over the period 2002-2014. University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.