Boesenbergia Explained

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] [2]}

Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:^[3]

1. Boesenbergia alba (K.Larsen & R.M.Sm.) Mood & L.M.Prince - Thailand
2. Boesenbergia albolutea (Baker) Schltr. - Andaman Islands
3. Boesenbergia albomaculata S.Q.Tong - Yunnan
4. Boesenbergia albosanguinea (Ridl.) Loes.
5. Boesenbergia angustifolia (Hallier f.) Schltr. - Thailand, Sumatra
6. Boesenbergia apiculata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
7. Boesenbergia armeniaca Cowley - Brunei, Sabah
8. Boesenbergia atropurpurea Mas Izzaty & Meekiong
9. Boesenbergia aurantiaca R.M.Sm.
10. Boesenbergia baimaii Saensouk & K.Larsen - Thailand
11. Boesenbergia basispicata K.Larsen ex Sirirugsa - Thailand
12. Boesenbergia belalongensis A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
13. Boesenbergia bella Mood & L.M.Prince
14. Boesenbergia bruneiana Cowley - Brunei
15. Boesenbergia burttiana R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
16. Boesenbergia burttii (K.Larsen & Jenjitt.) Mood & L.M.Prince
17. Boesenbergia clivalis (Ridl.) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia
18. Boesenbergia collinsii Mood & L.M.Prince
19. Boesenbergia cordata R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
20. Boesenbergia curtisii (Baker) Schltr. - Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
21. Boesenbergia decus-silvae (Hallier f.) Ardiyani & Mood
22. Boesenbergia extensa (K.Schum.) Veldkamp & Mood
23. Boesenbergia flabellata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
24. Boesenbergia flava Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia
25. Boesenbergia flavoalba R.M.Sm. - Borneo
26. Boesenbergia flavorubra R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
27. Boesenbergia gelatinosa K.Larsen - Thailand
28. Boesenbergia grandifolia (Valeton) Merr. - Borneo
29. Boesenbergia grandis R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
30. Boesenbergia hirta (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
31. Boesenbergia hosensis Cowley - Sarawak
32. Boesenbergia hutchinsonii B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
33. Boesenbergia imbakensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah
34. Boesenbergia isanensis Saensouk & P.Saensouk
35. Boesenbergia ischnosiphon S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
36. Boesenbergia islamii Yusof & M.A.Rahman - Bangladesh
37. Boesenbergia jangarunii Cowley - Brunei
38. Boesenbergia kenali C.K.Lim - Peninsular Malaysia
39. Boesenbergia kerbyi R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
40. Boesenbergia kerrii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun
41. Boesenbergia kingii Mood & L.M.Prince
42. Boesenbergia laevivaginata S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sabah, Sarawak
43. Boesenbergia lambirensis S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
44. Boesenbergia laotica (Picheans. & Mokkamul) Mood & L.M.Prince
45. Boesenbergia latilabra (Valeton) Veldkamp & Mood
46. Boesenbergia latongensis Meekiong, Ipor & Ibrahim
47. Boesenbergia loerzingii (Valeton) K.Larsen ex M.F.Newman, Lhuillier & A.D.Poulsen - Sumatra
48. Boesenbergia longiflora (Wall.) Kuntze - Myanmar
49. Boesenbergia longipes (King & Prain ex Ridl.) Schltr. - Perak, Thailand
50. Boesenbergia longipetiolata (Ridl.) Merr. - Mindanao
51. Boesenbergia lysichitoides S.Sakai & Nagam. - Sarawak
52. Boesenbergia macropoda Merr. - Jolo
53. Boesenbergia magna (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
54. Boesenbergia maxwellii Mood, L.M.Prince & Triboun - Myanmar, Thailand^[4]
55. Boesenbergia meghalayensis Aishwarya & M.Sabu
56. Boesenbergia minor (Baker) Kuntze - Peninsular Malaysia
57. Boesenbergia ochroleuca (Ridl.) Schltr. - Thailand
58. Boesenbergia oligosperma (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - Sarawak
59. Boesenbergia orbiculata R.M.Sm. - Brunei, Sarawak
60. Boesenbergia ornata (N.E.Br.) R.M.Sm. - Kalimantan
61. Boesenbergia parva (Ridl.) Merr. - Sarawak
62. Boesenbergia parvula (Wall. ex Baker) Kuntze - Myanmar, Thailand
63. Boesenbergia pauciflora (R.M.Sm.) Veldkamp & Mood
64. Boesenbergia petiolata Sirirugsa - Thailand
65. Boesenbergia phengklaii Mood
66. Boesenbergia plicata (Ridl.) Holttum - Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
67. Boesenbergia prainiana (King ex Baker) Schltr. - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia
68. Boesenbergia pulchella (Ridl.) Merr. - Sabah, Sarawak
69. Boesenbergia pulcherrima (Wall.) Kuntze - India, Thailand, Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia – type species
70. Boesenbergia purpureorubra Mood & L.M.Prince
71. Boesenbergia putiana Mood & L.M.Prince
72. Boesenbergia quangngaiensis N.S.Lý
73. Boesenbergia regalis Kharuk. & Tohdam - Thailand
74. Boesenbergia roseopunctata (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Sumatra
75. Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) Mansf. - Yunnan, Indochina, Java, Malaysia, Sumatra, Andaman Islands; introduced into India and Sri Lanka
76. Boesenbergia rubrolutea (Baker) Kuntze - Assam
77. Boesenbergia siamensis (Gagnep.) Sirirugsa - Thailand
78. Boesenbergia siphonantha (King ex Baker) M.Sabu, Prasanthk. & Škornick. - Indochina
79. Boesenbergia stenophylla R.M.Sm. - Borneo
80. Boesenbergia striata (Valeton) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Kalimantan
81. Boesenbergia subulata S.Sakai & Nagam - Borneo
82. Boesenbergia tenuispicata K.Larsen - Thailand
83. Boesenbergia thailandica (K.Larsen) Mood & L.M.Prince
84. Boesenbergia thorelii (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Indochina
85. Boesenbergia tiliifolia (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam
86. Boesenbergia tillandsiodes (Baker) Kuntze - India, Assam, Peninsular Malaysia
87. Boesenbergia trangensis K.Larsen - Thailand
88. Boesenbergia uniflora (K.Schum.) Ardiyani & Mood
89. Boesenbergia urceoligena A.D.Poulsen - Brunei
90. Boesenbergia variegata R.M.Sm. - Sabah, Sarawak
91. Boesenbergia violacea (K.Larsen & Triboun) Mood & L.M.Prince
92. Boesenbergia vittata (N.E.Br.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Sumatra
93. Boesenbergia xiphostachya (Gagnep.) Loes. in H.G.A.Engler - Vietnam

Note: Boesenbergia fallax Loes. in H.G.A.Engler is a synonym of Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=221807 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=104168 Flora of China v 24 p 367, 凹唇姜属 ao chun jiang shu, Boesenbergia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 685. 1891.
3. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37214-1 Plants of the World Online
4. http://www.qsbg.org/Database/BOTANIC_Book%20full%20option/search_detail.asp?Botanic_ID=2832 BGO Plant Index, Thailand - with illustration (retrieved 13/9/2017)