Boesenbergia

Boesenbergia
Boesenbergia rotunda
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
  • Banglium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (1832), without description
  • Curcumorpha A.S.Rao & D.M.Verma (1971 publ. 1974)
  • Gastrochilus Wall. (1829), illegitimate homonym, not D.Don (1825)
  • Haplochorema K.Schum. (1899)
  • Jirawongsea Picheans. (2008)

Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 90 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).[1][3]

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Flora of China v 24 p 367, 凹唇姜属 ao chun jiang shu, Boesenbergia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685. 1891.